“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 recordMarch 11, 2014
I first, I respectfully but strongly urge you to support full funding for the administration's request for a new peacekeeping response mechanism and for the CIPA, CIO, and IO&P accounts.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York
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Lowey urges support for U.N. funding amidst budget constraints.

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