“I’m popular”
“Let Japan do it. They get 90% of their oil from the strait. Let China do it.”
“Everything will get better.”
“I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'”
“Gas prices will rapidly come back down.”
“Let South Korea, you know, we only have 45,000 soldiers in harm’s way over there, right next to a nuclear force — let South Korea do it.”

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On the recordJune 10, 2015
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 10, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SR-253 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``Passenger Rail Safety: Accident Prevention and On-Going Efforts to Implement Train Control Technology.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on environment and public works
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