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Mike Thompson: “We have not made that kind of distinction; we have not made a distinction between those countries that pose a threat and…”

On the recordJuly 9, 1998
We have not made that kind of distinction; we have not made a distinction between those countries that pose a threat and countries that do not. We are going to have to address all of those issues and mainly we are going to have to address the question of whether or not we want to also intervene, as a Congress, with regard to those instances where the administration is not imposing sanctions when this Congress believes they should; where this administration is granting waivers to Russia and China time and time again with regard to their activities of proliferation.
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for Congress to intervene in sanctions against countries like Russia and China.

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