Yet again, the bill only targets officials directly involved in action against the United States and our allies, not foreign nations. Furthermore, if past is prologue, all of our allies will stick with the United States. When Congress passed the Hague invasion act in 2002, with Senator Schumer's vote, all of those nations entered agreements with us to continue their relationship with us, not with the court. Still others say that this would target foreign subsidiaries of American companies. I have worked with Senator Shaheen in good faith and I commend her for her work with me on that over. (08:37–08:50)
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Asserts that nations maintained agreements with the U.S. after the Hague Invasion Act.
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