“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“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 Tennessee behind.”

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On the recordJuly 24, 2019
So any representation that all we are doing is having hearings and this is all for--I guess for fun--I am not quite sure what message she was trying to get across, but it is just simply not true.
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Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia
Democratic · Texas
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Garcia emphasizes the seriousness of the committee's work.

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