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On the recordJuly 28, 2014
And I would simply say that perhaps we would be in an even better place if we had not relaxed the sanctions in November, but increased them, as this committee attempted to do last summer, followed by House action, or perhaps if we had taken a different course in 2009 during the green movement, but that is neither here nor there.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Tom Cotton suggests stronger sanctions could have improved the situation with Iran.

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