WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts issued the following press release:
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) joined a press conference announcing a bipartisan Russian sanctions bill. This legislation was the result of the late Senator Lindsey Graham's tireless efforts to protect Americans against Vladimir Putin. Sanctioning Russia will prevent the spread of its aggression and keep Americans safe.
"America is safer when Putin loses," said Ricketts. "Lindsey Graham was very clear-eyed about the threat Vladimir Putin created for the United States - the threat he was to the United States. And he knew that we are safer with peace through strength. And that's why Senator Graham pushed this bill so hard - to make America safer."
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