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On the recordOctober 5, 2009
I believe that that Act, if you think of the three components, investment, trade, and sales of equipment, that of those three, the Act only addresses investments.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley critiques the limitations of the Iran Sanctions Act.

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