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Rep. Adam Smith: The Middle East is in chaos. The Strait of Hormuz is shut down. Gas prices are up $1.50. Inflation is the highest it's been in years. And this administration has no plan to fix any of it. Yesterday, I questioned military commanders at the House Armed Services Committee hearing about what is actually happening and what the strategy is to get us out of this hole. We have not set Iran's nuclear program back one single bit. They were actively negotiating over their nuclear weapons when this war started. Now they refuse to negotiate at all. That is not progress. That is a disaster. And the president's response? He fabricates victories. Four weeks ago, he announced Iran had "completely capitulated", that the war was over, the strait was open, and nukes were gone. None of it was true. He made it up. And now no one in the world believes a word we say. Every president before this one managed to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon without dropping the Middle East into chaos. That used to be the bar. We are nowhere near it.