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Stanyarne Wilson
@stanyarnewilson· Republican · SC· May 16, 2012

It is time, in fact, it is long past time to impose sanctions on the entities involved in these activities.

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Stanyarne Wilson
@stanyarnewilson· Republican · SC· May 16, 2012

We are tired of it. And the President or whoever the next President is, needs to say very clearly we are not going to mess with you.

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· May 16, 2012

You would think that having gone from the largest trade surplus in the history of mammalian life to going to largest trade deficit, the elites of this country would understand that we are getting something wrong.

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· May 16, 2012

What measures and secondary sanctions can we adopt here in Congress to convince our European and Asian friends to withhold these non-lethal exports, particularly spare parts?

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· May 16, 2012

Under American law the only legitimate trade is food and medicine.

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· May 16, 2012

We should be putting these companies to a fundamental choice between doing business in Iran and doing business in the United States.

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· May 16, 2012

What if we were to go further and say no company in the world could get a Federal or state contract if they sold anything to Iran other than food or medicine?

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Barney Frank
@barneyfrank· Democratic · MA· May 16, 2012

I think it is deeply regrettable that fiscal constraints drive some of this, and when people are critical of the agencies they ought to factor in what is inadequate funding on the part of the Congress.

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Daniel Kildee
@danielkildee· Democratic · MI· May 16, 2012

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land;

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Thomas Carper
@thomascarper· Democratic · DE· May 16, 2012

Recently with the help of Senator Carper and Senator Coons, Governor Markell was able to announce the decision of Bloom Energy

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Geoff Davis
@geoffdavis· Republican · KY· May 16, 2012

Current welfare rules create marriage penalties by expecting a greater share of married parents to be working and for more hours. States have responded by in effect opting out of such requirements altogether.

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Jeff Duncan
@jeffduncan· Republican · SC· May 16, 2012

Public service is a public trust and demands adherence to the highest ethical and personal conduct standards.

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Jeff Duncan
@jeffduncan· Republican · SC· May 16, 2012

I can't say it any more eloquently or strongly as Mr. Burton did. And I want to echo his words.

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Jeff Duncan
@jeffduncan· Republican · SC· May 16, 2012

The free world doesn't want to see Iran get a nuclear weapon.

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Jeff Duncan
@jeffduncan· Republican · SC· May 16, 2012

I think we have failed to communicate that sufficiently to Khamenei.

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Jeff Duncan
@jeffduncan· Republican · SC· May 16, 2012

That is exactly what it seems like we are doing with these policies of sanctions, and they seem to be policies of appeasement.

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Jeff Duncan
@jeffduncan· Republican · SC· May 16, 2012

I know as a result of the IG audit that has recently been released, that the TSA is working, not just on coming up with a workable single definition of security breaches, but to overhaul its reporting system so that security breaches are…

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