“This legislation would level tough new sanctions on Russia and choke off key export markets for the energy it sells to fund its war machine.”

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On the recordDecember 13, 2017
To the gentlewoman from California and to the other side of the aisle, I do want to make sure I make a few things clear. First of all, I am not sure if it was the gentlewoman or someone else saying: Why in the dickens would we divert resources away from fighting terrorism to post this information on the Treasury website? It costs too much. Well, with all due respect, the CBO estimates it will cost $500,000 to do this for 2 years. The United States Treasury Department has a budget of $14 billion per year. That is number one.
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Bruce Poliquin
Maine
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