Lindsey Graham: “I want the committee to understand that any budget we pass that guts the State Department's budget, you will never win…”

We're going to have hostages left behind American citizens.

This legislation tells Russia’s customers that the United States of America will not sit by while they fund Putin’s assault.

We can't, you know-- we gotta realize that their people want to blow us all up and kill us and they're coming if-- we don't stop them.

If this deal fails, President Trump is going to take the Strait of Hormuz over by force. The United States will control the Strait of Hormuz. We'll charge a fee for all those who go through – through to pay for the operation.