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On the recordMarch 22, 2023
In December, Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Jim Risch (R-ID) wrote a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and yourself, calling for the use of sanctions against Lebanon's financial and political elite for obstructing the election of a president and implementation of needed financial reforms.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez and Risch urged sanctions against Lebanese officials for election obstruction.

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