“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 recordFebruary 9, 2023
I just really want to underscore it is more than East Asia and the Pacific. It is our own hemisphere where we see China very much penetrating and using this as leverage for their geopolitical agenda.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey
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Menendez emphasizes China's influence in the Western Hemisphere through debt diplomacy.

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