Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that the Pentagon plans to request additional funding from Congress to sustain operations in the ongoing war with Iran, emphasizing the need to cover both current and future costs “above and beyond” existing resources.

A senior administration official confirmed that the Department of Defense submitted a proposed $200 billion funding request to the White House on Wednesday, a move first reported by The Washington Post. As of Thursday morning, however, lawmakers said the White House had not yet formally transmitted the request to Congress.

The proposal comes amid sharp divisions on Capitol Hill over President Donald Trump’s decision to launch military strikes against Iran following the collapse of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

The conflict, which began on February 28 with coordinated U.S.-Israeli strikes, has now entered its third week. U.S. officials say military operations have targeted more than 7,800 sites, including Iranian naval assets such as 120 ships and 11 submarines.

The scale of the campaign has driven up costs rapidly. Pentagon officials told senators in a classified briefing earlier this month that the first six days of the war alone cost at least $11.3 billion, highlighting the financial burden of the expanding conflict.