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On the recordSeptember 13, 2023
We should not only never be trading dollars for hostages--and, yes, we want those hostages to come home, but we traded hostages for hostages and gave them $6 billion.
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Mike Lawler
Republican · New York

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Lawler argues against the ethics of trading funds for hostages.

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