“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 recordMay 3, 2022
How can you say what you're doing is in any way effective, and are you the least bit concerned that people are coming in here illegally from a hundred different countries?
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John Hoeven
Republican · North Dakota
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Hoeven questions the effectiveness of current border security measures.

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