Marco Rubio: “And just 2 months ago, 19 colleagues on a bipartisan basis here in the U.S. Senate signed a letter asking them to close…”

We think it’s in the interest of the world to protect shipping because the U.S. doesn’t get any oil from there.

They're bleeding. They're bleeding economically.

Right now, it hasn’t been very productive because the Iranian demands are simply not just unacceptable but, in some cases, outrageous and ridiculous and really not realistic.

We’ve actually encouraged our partners to join us in the effort of defending global shipping.