“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 recordJune 20, 2013
I think one of the things we are going to do from this hearing--these hearings are nice, but if you don't do anything to follow up, short of a lot of rhetoric.
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John Mica
Republican · Florida
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Mica emphasizes the need for actionable outcomes from the hearings.

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