Clearly, you are planning for it. Clearly, you are considering on a programmatic basis issues that are a very, very thorny problem to deal with.
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It is certainly true that Russia is making more money now from its exports than they were, but the reality is that Putin is not fighting the war he wants to be fighting because of our restrictions.
Humanitarian exceptions are important, I would argue, for moral reasons as well as political and strategic reasons.
The focus there needs to be on the enforcement, the surveillance, because the sanctions are in place.
But sitting here on the Armed Services Committee, let's not kid ourselves about the impact that would have on what is supposed to be our paramount duty to defend this country if we passed a continuing resolution. It would be devastating.





