“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 25, 2012
It's harder when you're dealing with an investor owned utility and consumers have no choices for where they're going to get their power.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire
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Senator Shaheen discusses challenges in ensuring utility reliability.

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