“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 recordOctober 21, 2019
Instead, they are fleeing from them. And that is not because of any act of God, that is because of acts of government.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California
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Editor's note · Context

McClintock attributes population decline in California and Puerto Rico to poor government policies.

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