I also want to thank the subcommittee for including the important language in section 7047, which I believe has been carried before. That language says that We will not support any country that aids and abets the illegal takeover of Crimea. and such other territories as they have taken over in Ukraine. Our failure in the west to respond decisively to the taking of Crimea initially, and I say the west, … (00:51–00:59)
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Asserts a policy of not supporting countries involved in the illegal takeover of Crimea.
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