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On the recordSeptember 30, 2020
I encourage this committee to think more deeply about what tools are available to us and to think more about the long-term consequences of our actions.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel urges the committee to consider alternatives to sanctions and their long-term impacts.

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