“I’m popular”
“Let Japan do it. They get 90% of their oil from the strait. Let China do it.”
“Everything will get better.”
“I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'”
“Gas prices will rapidly come back down.”
“Let South Korea, you know, we only have 45,000 soldiers in harm’s way over there, right next to a nuclear force — let South Korea do it.”

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On the recordMay 16, 2023
they usually get captured by the interests that they're supposed to regulate.
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Josh Hawley
Republican · Missouri
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Hawley expresses skepticism about the effectiveness of government agencies.

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