Edward Markey actually said...

We have to make sure, especially in the final 4 weeks of the election, that the sanctions are in place.

Markey stresses the urgency of implementing sanctions before the upcoming election.

08/20/2018

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Clearly anything we do must be rooted firmly in our own national interests and must meet the national security needs of the American people.

I share your view that we should not lose sight of these moral issues even as we are addressing the pressing economic and security issues.

a stable, fruitful 21st century relationship cannot be built on a lie.

I think the mere fact that we are having it marks our Nation as exceptional.