“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 17, 2014
Idaho, through the Department of Commerce and the State of Washington, the things I have heard, they are also all in on the efforts that we are making here, particularly for the small businesses.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho
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Acknowledges collaboration between Idaho and Washington on small business efforts.

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