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On the recordFebruary 27, 2024
We never talked about it, and I am not going to get into the details here but one of the real things that we really need to focus on is not a drop of oil moves without it going into a ship, and that ship has to have insurance or the ship does not move, and those insurance companies are all international companies.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch emphasizes the importance of insurance in enforcing oil sanctions.

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