“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 recordJanuary 16, 2018
It is not an enduring challenge. You just put a 50-percent tariff on all their exports to the United States, and you will get their attention.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California
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Sherman argues for strong tariffs to influence China’s actions towards North Korea.

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