“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, 2020
Americans died because of the actions of the Chinese, but the members of the majority will not let us bring that accountability to this committee.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana
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Editor's note · Context

Calling for accountability from China regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

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