“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”
“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 Kentucky behind, Alabama behind, Mississippi behind, Georgia behind, South Carolina behind.”

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On the recordJuly 1, 2020
That's an absurd claim. No one should make a claim to a witness who's a military service member to say he was missing in action.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana
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Editor's note · Context

Scalise defended Admiral Polowczyk against Maloney's accusation of being 'missing in action'.

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