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Chris Van Hollen: the Executive order is like the DETER Act we introduced, except without the certainty and without the assurance of…

On the recordSeptember 11, 2018
the Executive order is like the DETER Act we introduced, except without the certainty and without the assurance of penalty.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Critique of the Executive order's lack of deterrent effect compared to the DETER Act.

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