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On the recordOctober 10, 2017
I would offer that if you, sir, and the Obama administration was that serious about combatting Iranian aggression, we should not have been providing $150 billion of sanctions relief to the Iranians to be able to conduct all of their bad activities.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline criticizes the Obama administration for providing sanctions relief to Iran amidst its aggressive actions.

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