At a hearing, Chris Murphy says the President said on May 12th that the plane would be transferred to his presidential library at the end of his term. Hegseth says that is his understanding, pending what comes out of the MOU. Murphy says spending upwards of a billion dollars on a plane used for only a handful of months "doesn't sound like a wise use of taxpayer dollars."
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- Who
- Chris Murphy
- Where
- hearing - Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, FY2026 defense budget
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- Length
- 35 seconds, unedited within the cut
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The President said on May 12th that this plane would be transferred to his presidential library at the end of his term. Is that your understanding of what is going to happen to this plane? The President said that. That's my understanding, although I would look at what comes out of the MOU. But why would we ask the American taxpayer to spend upwards of a billion dollars on a plane that would then only be used for a handful of months and then transfer directly to the president? That doesn't sound like a wise use of taxpayer dollars.
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