“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”
“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 Kentucky behind, Alabama behind, Mississippi behind, Georgia behind, South Carolina behind.”

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On the recordJuly 31, 2012
So this is not really comparable to compare Amazon in terms of how you could treat those costs versus the burden on a small business.
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Kelly Ayotte
Republican · New Hampshire
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Ayotte argues that the costs for small businesses are significantly higher than for Amazon.

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