And the reason he built that pipeline to carry natural gas was to circumvent Ukraine. Because right now Russia's natural gas goes through Ukraine on pipelines. And The purpose of Nord Stream 2 was so that [Putin] didn't need to go through Ukraine and he could invade Ukraine. in the first term. I authored sanctions legislation, crushing sanctions legislation to shut down Nord Stream 2. It passed the Senate with bipartisan support. It passed the House with bipartisan support. (13:20–13:26)
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Asserts that Nord Stream 2 was intended to allow Putin to bypass Ukraine and facilitate an invasion.
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