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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordMay 21, 2013
if you don't want to be sanctioned by the United States don't engage in trade with a theocratic tyranny.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas
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Cotton emphasizes the consequences of engaging in trade with Iran.

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