I think it's unfair and unwise. Think for a moment of what Senator McConnell did. He persuaded 96 percent of the Republicans in the Senate to vote for a bill that had the support of only 17 percent of the American people.
Mitchell critiques Trump's public attacks on McConnell, highlighting McConnell's success in rallying Republican support for a controversial bill.
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The Republicans of the Congress specifically, who have made the tax pledge, and the president who is trying to get them to break it.
Mr. Chairman, I think it ought to be clear that what we are doing here is establishing one rule for every American business, every American interest except oil and gas, and then a special rule for those in the oil and gas business.
When I first went to the Middle East, I went to 17 countries and I met with the leaders there many, many times, and every time they would criticize American policy, I would ask what do you think our policy should be?
the amendment sets forth a series of steps that will occur. It does not contemplate stopping at any particular one point because, in fact, were we successful to get collective action to lift the arms embargo, the further actions would be…
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