“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 recordSeptember 14, 2022
The collapse of a once thriving modern country, a beacon of stability in our hemisphere, turned into a failed state, run into the ground by Maduro and his thugs.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey
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Menendez describes Venezuela's transformation from stability to failure under Maduro's regime.

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