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Gregory Meeks: This is not the same mechanism found in CAATSA which is narrowly tailored to address a very specific sanction related to…

On the recordJuly 25, 2023
This is not the same mechanism found in CAATSA which is narrowly tailored to address a very specific sanction related to Russia's interference in the 2016 Presidential election.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks highlights the differences in sanctions mechanisms and warns against setting a dangerous precedent.

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