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Chris Van Hollen: The other thing I wanted to mention is the BRINK Act. This is also legislation that Senator Toomey and I, and others…

On the recordJune 22, 2021
The other thing I wanted to mention is the BRINK Act. This is also legislation that Senator Toomey and I, and others pushed for, did apply secondary--secondary sanctions on North Korea.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen discusses the BRINK Act aimed at imposing sanctions on North Korea.

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