“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 recordApril 28, 2010
That's an incredible question, isn't it, the control of the information, the spin on the whole thing, the promises initially of it being a transparent process, it's going to be on C-SPAN, everybody can watch it, and in fact everything is closed doors. A couple of our doctors have left, but, Dr. Roe, were you invited to take part in the drafting and putting this bill together? Were you allowed to go into their meetings? I think that's an important question.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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The speaker is questioning the transparency of the legislative process regarding a specific bill.

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