WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia said on Sunday that he would consider any request from the White House for additional funding for the war with Iran but faulted the president for not seeking congressional approval before launching military operations. Warner said the administration's stated goals for the conflict were only clarified about 10 days after the war began.

"But this president should have come to the American people and Congress first and said, 'I'm going to choose to go to war, here's what I want to try to accomplish,'" Warner said in a television interview. The senator identified four initial objectives the administration laid out — regime change, uranium, missiles, and control of the Strait of Hormuz — and said none had been achieved. "And on any honest assessment, I don't think we've accomplished any of them so far," he said.

The White House is expected to request between $80 billion and $100 billion in supplemental funding for the war. The Pentagon initially sought $200 billion in supplemental funding last month. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not deny at a news conference last month that the request would fall in the $80 billion to $100 billion range, though he said the number could change.

Military officials told members of Congress that the first week of the war cost about $11.3 billion, according to military officials. Lawmakers are scheduled to return from a two-week recess this week. The 1973 War Powers Resolution caps any unauthorized military engagement at 60 days.

The potential supplemental request would come on top of an already large defense budget. Congress approved $839 billion in annual Pentagon funding earlier this year, and the Defense Department received more than $150 billion through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year. President Trump's budget proposal for fiscal year 2027 asks Congress for $1.5 trillion in defense spending.