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Dick Durbin: “We found ourselves buying oil from the Russian.”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Durbin Questions Secretary Rubio About $400 Million In Stalled U.S. Assistance For Ukraine

Published | Video Starts at 02:16

So there is urgency in trying to get this resolved and delivered. Well, let me also ask you this question. I realize with the Straits of Hormuz We found ourselves buying oil from the Russian. Was that the understanding? So treasury has lifted on a short term basis the sale, the sanctions on the sale of some Russian oil, primarily as a trade off, unfortunately, but designed to get more oil into the market to try to stabilize global prices. (02:16–02:20)

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Asserts that the U.S. has been purchasing oil from Russia.

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