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On the recordNovember 7, 2023
Obviously, we cannot have that ban, but it is stunning to me that we are sending money to Russia to buy nuclear fuel when we have got bans in all kinds of other places, but we have to because of the dependence we have there.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch criticizes U.S. reliance on Russian nuclear fuel despite existing bans elsewhere.

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