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Bob Corker

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Bob Corker is a former United States Senator from Tennessee, serving from January 4, 2007, to January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Corker was known for his leadership as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he focused on issues related to foreign policy and fiscal responsibility. During his tenure, he played a significant role in shaping U.S. foreign relations and was involved in key legislative efforts regarding international agreements and budgetary matters.

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Mar 5, 2012

I am very pleased with Senator Reid's announcement about the consideration of a package of capital formation bills in the near future.

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Mar 5, 2012

I think all of us care greatly about access to capital and ensuring that our economy flourishes.

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Feb 29, 2012

Listen, thank you, and I appreciate you laying out the tremendous complexities and competing forces and the lack of knowledge of even what this is really all about.

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Feb 29, 2012

Do you think it is in our national interest--and I will close with this--to be involved in military operations, arming operations to going in with al-Qaeda and Hamas and others and certainly the folks that are on the ground, the opposition…

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Feb 29, 2012

But the fact is that this is not exactly a democracy movement in Syria right now.

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Feb 29, 2012

I hope we will have multiple hearings on Iran.

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Feb 29, 2012

The word 'democracy' never comes up.

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Feb 29, 2012

We do not want it to do damage to the depth of liquidity unnecessarily for lending activities in this country.

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Feb 29, 2012

This is incredibly unfair for the largest economy in the world to place a tremendous bias on liquidity.

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Feb 27, 2012

The President did not ask for the very funds that he committed to in the 1251 that was laid out.

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Feb 27, 2012

I think most people in the country watching what is happening believe there is a very good chance that we could end up with a military engagement with Iran in the next 12 months.

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Feb 16, 2012

I have come to the floor to talk about a topic I spoke a little bit about yesterday. I know all the focus right now is working on a solution to some of the things going on between the House and the Senate. I know that is what people are…

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