I have a difficult time understanding the logic that if Congress were to act and say not sanctions today, but sanctions by a date certain if negotiations were to fail, that somehow that is unreasonable.
On the recordJanuary 26, 2015
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Boyle questions the reasoning against Congress imposing future sanctions if negotiations fail.
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