“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 recordDecember 11, 2017
So do you buy the estimate that this would raise the cost of a car $3,000? Does that take into account what the lower gas price would be?
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois
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Editor's note · Context

Questioning the validity of a cost estimate for cars related to fuel economy standards.

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