“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 recordFebruary 5, 2014
It is time that we move away from fundamental need to educate our children with revenues from timber harvest of public forests.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Call to change reliance on timber sales for funding education.

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