“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 23, 2016
we have made such tremendous strides, and it would be wonderful if we could sit down and just fix the things that we could fix, make it even better.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois
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Schakowsky praised the Affordable Care Act while acknowledging areas for improvement.

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