I am wondering if it is the understanding of the gentleman that under this bill there is no general prohibition of exports to a country which is deemed to contain responsible entities who are committing religious persecutions, as defined by the director of the Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring, but rather, the ban on export covers only those to the responsible entities themselves?
Thomas Ewing: “I am wondering if it is the understanding of the gentleman that under this bill there is no general prohibition of…”
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Questioning the provisions of a bill related to religious persecution and export bans.
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