“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
So I guess from what you are saying, a quick summary, 31 years in medicine, you thought maybe you knew something about medicine, decided to take the huge amount of effort to come to Congress so you would have something to say about the debate. And in spite of the fact that you tried everything other than carrier pigeons and smoke signals, the White House refused to honor their promise to let you look at line by line what's going on. So the logical conclusion is you are going to run for President? Is that where we are going?
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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The speaker is questioning a colleague's efforts to engage with the White House on healthcare issues.

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