High drama unfolded at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing as Democrat senator Ron Wyden questioned director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard over the ongoing war in the Middle East. The senator questioned if the intelligence community had carried out assessments that Iranians had the capability to respond to U.S. strikes and block the Strait of Hormuz. Calling the war a "historic mistake", the Democrat said the world was in the middle of a global energy crisis and the American economy was in danger.