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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “This bill is not about the trade embargo. It is not about economic sanctions. It is about Russian espionage. It is about…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2000
This bill is not about the trade embargo. It is not about economic sanctions. It is about Russian espionage. It is about protecting U.S. national security. It helps prevent the theft of political diplomatic and commercial secrets. It protects the American people. It protects the taxpayers from bearing the burden once and again of Russia's failure to pay its debt, and it upholds congressional priorities regarding fiscal responsibility and exerts congressional oversight over foreign policy priorities.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing a bipartisan bill related to Russian espionage and U.S. national security.

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