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Ted Cruz: “My legislation would sanction particular government…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Well, it starts from the amounts of development aid money that we give them. We could apply sanctions. We could. I mean, we. Well, My legislation would sanction particular government officials, so government officials at the local level who are engaged in facilitating and acquiescing in this persecution. And so it's designed to use the power of the U.S. economy and U.S. sanctions to incentivize different behavior. Absolutely. And incentivize. (43:56–44:09)

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Asserts that his legislation targets local government officials involved in persecution with sanctions.

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