“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 recordJuly 19, 2023
This does not strike me as a good deal for the taxpayers or for the consumers that you are charged with protecting.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the SEC's policy on employee office attendance.

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