“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 Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 10, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing entitled, ``Wasteful Spending in the Federal Government: An Outside Perspective.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. subcommittee on national parks
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