“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 recordApril 21, 2010
If China were some island nation... manipulating their currency to kind of seize a market just to stay in business for a while, that would be OK with me.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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Graham expresses concern over China's economic practices as a major economy.

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