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On the recordJanuary 9, 2018
what is universally true for all of our sanctions law is that for sanctions to be truly effective, they have got to be fully implemented, vigorously enforced.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen asserts the necessity of enforcing sanctions for them to be effective.

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