“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 recordMay 12, 2021
But the bottom line is, if you are going to continue to say that somehow Trump did a better job at cleanup than Obama, then I am going to have to respond to that, and simply say that it is not true, OK?
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey
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Pallone disputes claims that Trump was more effective in environmental cleanup than Obama.

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