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Brad Sherman: If I can just sneak in one comment. We were just in a classified briefing and a nonclassified non-answer was, I asked…

On the recordJuly 21, 2015
If I can just sneak in one comment. We were just in a classified briefing and a nonclassified non-answer was, I asked the Administration whether they would follow the law, and under those circumstances, punish those banks, and the answer was a deafening non-answer.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Sherman questions the Administration's commitment to enforce sanctions against banks dealing with Iran.

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