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Dick Durbin: “We have a sanctions bill here that might do that as well.”

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 05:53

And I think one of the things that reminds us of why it's important to try to bring this war to an end if we can, because the risk of escalation is real, more real than it was two years ago. We have a sanctions bill here that might do that as well. I'd like to close with one personal note. You joined me when you were a member of the Senate in the Paul Simon Water for the World effort to bring clean drinking water and sanitation to some of the poorest people on earth. (05:53–05:57)

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Asserts the existence of a sanctions bill that could impact the situation.

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