“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
You are not just a Member of Congress, you are not just a former doctor, but you are also from the State of Tennessee, and the State of Tennessee is one of two States that tried this ObamaCare kind of approach to health care. And your experience in the State of Tennessee was did it decrease premiums and decrease the cost of insurance? That is what was promised by the President when he was a Senator. He said we are going to start by reducing premiums by as much as $2,500 a family. Did you believe that?
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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The speaker is questioning the effectiveness of ObamaCare based on Tennessee's experience with health care reform.

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