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Chris Van Hollen: the Congress passed legislation--Senator Toomey and I authored legislation, the Hong Kong Autonomy Act--which requires…

On the recordOctober 18, 2021
the Congress passed legislation--Senator Toomey and I authored legislation, the Hong Kong Autonomy Act--which requires the Executive branch to impose sanctions on officials that are complicit in the crackdown in democracy.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen mentions the Hong Kong Autonomy Act aimed at sanctioning complicit officials.

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