“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 5, 2022
We know that Title 42 was never about public health. From the earliest days of the pandemic, the Trump administration sought to exploit COVID-19 to advance his anti-immigrant agenda.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi
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Thompson argues Title 42 was misused for political purposes rather than public health.

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