War Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) make a visit to U.S. Central Command to speak with troops after the outgoing senator called the Trump administration‘s war with Iran “an utter and complete failure.”

The exchange unfolded during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in which Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, fielded questions about the Department of War‘s $67 billion supplemental budget request, a large portion of which is intended to fund military operations in Iran.