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On the recordMarch 26, 2015
I strongly support Senator Isakson's efforts here, which passed in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last year, working with the State Department, and moved unanimously to approve this bill. This is to give 52 Americans, who were held hostage in Iran and denied the opportunity to seek redress for their terrible ordeal, that opportunity. The only way we are going to give them that opportunity for the 444 days that their families were held hostage in Iran, is to have this type of action. I look forward to working with them, not just today but beyond, to get it passed so we can get these American families their justice. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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