“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 recordJanuary 13, 2020
I have two in my district. They chose two census tracts, which are the wealthiest in my district.
Said by
Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Tlaib points out that wealthy areas in her district were designated as Opportunity Zones.

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