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On the recordSeptember 12, 2018
To be fair, the administration has imposed new sanctions against the Russians. But the sanctions they have put forward, in my opinion, amounts to a Band-Aid on a bullet wound.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Criticizing the inadequacy of sanctions imposed on Russia.

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