“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We did a pause to try to get an agreement with the Iranian people to allow oil to flow without them attacking it.”
“One of the mistakes which some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies.”
“The only reason why the U.S. is conducting strikes is against assets of Iran that are being used to attack global commercial shipping.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”

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On the recordSeptember 19, 2023
We want folks to enter into this career field. And if there are too many barriers in place, which I think they are, maybe we should look at it again.
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California
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Senator Padilla emphasizes the need to reduce barriers for entering the workforce.

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