“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.”

Political Quotes

On the recordJuly 23, 2014
The U.N. reports that last month was the deadliest in Iraq since 2008, with 2,400 Iraqis killed, two-thirds of which were civilians.
Said by
Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Corker highlights the severe civilian casualties in Iraq recently.

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from Bob Corker

Dec 12, 2018

before yielding to Senator Young so he can make his amendment pending, I just want to follow up and say--look, I do want to go on record and say that I support the provisions of the Senator's bill that block for a period of time offensive…

govinfo.gov
Dec 13, 2018

I want to thank our ranking member and my friend, Senator Menendez, for his tremendous cooperation for many years but especially over this last week, and Senator Kaine for coming in and supporting it. I want to reiterate what the ranking…

govinfo.gov
Dec 3, 2018

A jury who heard what he heard today would convict Mohammed bin Salman in his words within 30 minutes.

transcripts.cnn.com
Dec 12, 2018

I ask unanimous consent that Sean Tyler, a Defense fellow in Senator Young's office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the week. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

govinfo.gov
View all Bob Corker quotes

Other voices in this conversation