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On the recordDecember 9, 2014
I see this as, you know, they hope--or we hope--we hoped they wouldn't go into Ukraine, and we hoped they wouldn't shut off the gas valve, and we hoped a lot of things, but they took action, and we continue to hope.
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Scott Perry
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Perry criticizes reliance on hope regarding Russian actions.

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