“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 recordSeptember 26, 2023
What we are actually doing is making this problem worse, rather than solving it, so that we could then have some political theater around it.
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico
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Leger Fernandez criticizes budget cuts affecting immigration courts.

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