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On the recordMarch 20, 2022
much of America is watching these proceedings on a split screen. On one hand they are literally seeing the death and destruction in Ukraine, Russia's brutal, barbaric assault on individual rights, basic freedoms that we often take for granted here.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal highlights the contrast between U.S. rights and the situation in Ukraine.

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