“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 recordAugust 9, 2010
We should change our Constitution and say if you come here illegally and you have a child, that child's automatically not a citizen.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
Source
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Editor's note · Context

Senator Graham advocates for changing the Constitution regarding citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants.

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