“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 recordJuly 24, 2017
Our Founders wrestled with this issue over 200 years ago. They knew that by vesting--they could have vested all power in the executive branch, thereby achieving security, secrecy, and flexibility.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California
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Editor's note · Context

Sherman discusses the Founders' intent regarding the balance of power between Congress and the executive.

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