“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 11, 2011
Well, thank you very much, and you are so effective. You had 5 seconds left.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey
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Menendez acknowledges the effectiveness of a speaker during a committee meeting.

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