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So you have these cases that are being constantly dismissed and when they are passing the judgment on them, the sanction is usually a minor fine that has no impact at all. – Piara Powar	Found on CNN 1 year ago
FC Barcelona announces that the Club is to continue to fight for the Women’s team’s rights after they were sanctioned by the Competition Committee for fielding an ineligible line-up, with an appeal to be presented in due course, should the sanction not be revoked on appeal, FC Barcelona will take every possible action, as it is considered that the line-up ended up being deemed ineligible due to technicalities in this case. – The Catalan club	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Of course, when humans make mistakes they are held to account, the problem is that you ca n’t make a machine responsible for its mistakes … How do you punish it ? How do you sanction it ? You ca n’t. – Alan Winfield	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Today's action to sanction Iran's Morality Police and senior Iranian security officials responsible for this oppression demonstrates the Biden - Harris Administration's clear commitment to stand up for human rights, and the rights of women, in Iran and globally. – Janet Yellen	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We condemn this unconscionable act in the strongest terms and call on the Iranian government to end its violence against women and its ongoing violent crackdown on free expression and assembly, today's action to sanction Iran's Morality Police and senior Iranian security officials responsible for this oppression demonstrates the Biden - Harris Administration's clear commitment to stand up for human rights, and the rights of women, in Iran and globally. – Mahsa Amini	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Be it drone sales or sanctions busting, Washington needs to expose and sanction the connective nodes between Tehran and Moscow. – Democracies Behnam Ben Taleblu	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The Iranian government planned The Iranian government annual budget with the expectation of higher oil revenues and potentially sanction relief, because either of these now seems unlikely, I would not be surprised to see unannounced austerity measures and decisions to cut back on social expenditures in the near future. – Zep Kalb	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There's a very easy compromise, we should define what serious human rights abuses are. Otherwise we have a definition you can drive a truck through, and you can sanction anybody in the world. – Senator Paul	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The United Nations thinks that the internet is a right, so could you sanction somebody for not giving free internet, not giving an abortion, not giving free housing ? – Senator Paul	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The US has done practically everything The US can to sanction all parts of the Russian economy, which will have a devastating effect as time goes on, the Europeans would have to forswear purchasing Russian hydrocarbons, and they're not ready to do that yet. – Angela Stent	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The Europeans would have to forswear purchasing Russian hydrocarbons, and they're not ready to do that yet, they can only do that if they're assured they have other supplies of oil and gas. There's not that much left to sanction. – Angela Stent	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If we want to ever beat the Russians we have to flip the tables, we can’t be in that reactive mode because it doesn’t work. Putin already factored in all the sanctions and sanction-proofed his economy. – Rebekah Koffler	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I am grateful for Elise’s friendship, her counsel, and I look forward to working alongside her to push back against Democrat one-party rule as we work to fight for the forgotten middle class, break the back of government sanction neglect, and build an America that works for ‘We The People’ once again. – Joseph Pinion	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The state bars will see through this thinly veiled tactic to foment a chilling effect upon lawyers from doing our job and zealously representing clients that are political and even controversial, democrats don't have to agree with President Trump's opinions and claims, but that is not a basis upon which to sanction his lawyers. – Jenna Ellis	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The No. 1 sanction we could put on Putin's war is to sanction his oil, and I think that Americans are willing to do that. But they also realize that Joe Biden has created this dependence, and this is really another tax on hardworking Americans by Joe Biden. – Roger Marshall	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
For decades, gambling on The NFL games has been considered among the most significant violations of league policy warranting the most substantial sanction. In your case, I acknowledge and commend you for your promptly reporting for an interview, and for admitting your actions. we were first made aware of the league's investigation on Feb. 9. We have cooperated fully with the investigation since receiving notice and support the league's findings and actions. We are moving forward in the 2022 season with the decision that was made. With the decision that was made by the The NFL, any further questions on the investigation should be directed to the league office. – The Falcons	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The question of banning the import of oil and gas from Russia, it is not insignificant. We actually take in more petroleum from Russia then we do from Saudi Arabia. It's extraordinary, George, for all the sanctions that have been imposed, and they have been unprecedented on Russia, to sanction everything but the thing that drives our economy. – Jonathan Karl	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
And there's no sanction that is immediate. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
In response to this situation, we will strengthen our sanction measures in close cooperation with the G7 and the rest of the international community. – Fumio Kishida	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We should sanction their energy sector down to its knees, and we should open up ours — that, I think, is a great strategic opportunity, the right thing to do for our economy, and I’m going to propose legislation to do it. – Josh Hawley	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
But I have some advice. Ratchet the sanctions all the way up. Don't hold any back. Every single available tough sanction should be employed and should be employed now, there's no such thing as a little invasion. – Mitch McConnell	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We're all together at this point and we need to be together about what should be done. But I have some advice. Ratchet the sanctions all the way up. Don't hold any back. Every single available tough sanction should be employed and should be employed now, there's no such thing as a little invasion. – Mitch McConnell	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If you signal that every time a country has serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch and other groups can come in and say, ‘You should sanction your revenue,’ it’s going to create business headaches for them all over the world. – John Sifton	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The lives of children are just as valuable as the lives of adults, and it should be every politician’s most pressing duty to ensure our laws protect the most vulnerable, instead, Harris wants the law to sanction the greatest human rights abuse and mass slaughter of children our nation has ever seen. – Lila Rose	Found on FOX News 2 years ago

So you have these cases that are being constantly dismissed and when they are passing the judgment on them, the sanction is usually a minor fine that has no impact at all.

– Piara Powar

Found on CNN
1 year ago

FC Barcelona announces that the Club is to continue to fight for the Women’s team’s rights after they were sanctioned by the Competition Committee for fielding an ineligible line-up, with an appeal to be presented in due course, should the sanction not be revoked on appeal, FC Barcelona will take every possible action, as it is considered that the line-up ended up being deemed ineligible due to technicalities in this case.

– The Catalan club

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Of course, when humans make mistakes they are held to account, the problem is that you ca n’t make a machine responsible for its mistakes … How do you punish it ? How do you sanction it ? You ca n’t.

– Alan Winfield

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Today's action to sanction Iran's Morality Police and senior Iranian security officials responsible for this oppression demonstrates the Biden - Harris Administration's clear commitment to stand up for human rights, and the rights of women, in Iran and globally.

– Janet Yellen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We condemn this unconscionable act in the strongest terms and call on the Iranian government to end its violence against women and its ongoing violent crackdown on free expression and assembly, today's action to sanction Iran's Morality Police and senior Iranian security officials responsible for this oppression demonstrates the Biden - Harris Administration's clear commitment to stand up for human rights, and the rights of women, in Iran and globally.

– Mahsa Amini

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Be it drone sales or sanctions busting, Washington needs to expose and sanction the connective nodes between Tehran and Moscow.

– Democracies Behnam Ben Taleblu

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The Iranian government planned The Iranian government annual budget with the expectation of higher oil revenues and potentially sanction relief, because either of these now seems unlikely, I would not be surprised to see unannounced austerity measures and decisions to cut back on social expenditures in the near future.

– Zep Kalb

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There's a very easy compromise, we should define what serious human rights abuses are. Otherwise we have a definition you can drive a truck through, and you can sanction anybody in the world.

– Senator Paul

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The United Nations thinks that the internet is a right, so could you sanction somebody for not giving free internet, not giving an abortion, not giving free housing ?

– Senator Paul

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The US has done practically everything The US can to sanction all parts of the Russian economy, which will have a devastating effect as time goes on, the Europeans would have to forswear purchasing Russian hydrocarbons, and they're not ready to do that yet.

– Angela Stent

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Europeans would have to forswear purchasing Russian hydrocarbons, and they're not ready to do that yet, they can only do that if they're assured they have other supplies of oil and gas. There's not that much left to sanction.

– Angela Stent

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If we want to ever beat the Russians we have to flip the tables, we can’t be in that reactive mode because it doesn’t work. Putin already factored in all the sanctions and sanction-proofed his economy.

– Rebekah Koffler

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I am grateful for Elise’s friendship, her counsel, and I look forward to working alongside her to push back against Democrat one-party rule as we work to fight for the forgotten middle class, break the back of government sanction neglect, and build an America that works for ‘We The People’ once again.

– Joseph Pinion

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The state bars will see through this thinly veiled tactic to foment a chilling effect upon lawyers from doing our job and zealously representing clients that are political and even controversial, democrats don't have to agree with President Trump's opinions and claims, but that is not a basis upon which to sanction his lawyers.

– Jenna Ellis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The No. 1 sanction we could put on Putin's war is to sanction his oil, and I think that Americans are willing to do that. But they also realize that Joe Biden has created this dependence, and this is really another tax on hardworking Americans by Joe Biden.

– Roger Marshall

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

For decades, gambling on The NFL games has been considered among the most significant violations of league policy warranting the most substantial sanction. In your case, I acknowledge and commend you for your promptly reporting for an interview, and for admitting your actions. we were first made aware of the league's investigation on Feb. 9. We have cooperated fully with the investigation since receiving notice and support the league's findings and actions. We are moving forward in the 2022 season with the decision that was made. With the decision that was made by the The NFL, any further questions on the investigation should be directed to the league office.

– The Falcons

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The question of banning the import of oil and gas from Russia, it is not insignificant. We actually take in more petroleum from Russia then we do from Saudi Arabia. It's extraordinary, George, for all the sanctions that have been imposed, and they have been unprecedented on Russia, to sanction everything but the thing that drives our economy.

– Jonathan Karl

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

And there's no sanction that is immediate.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

In response to this situation, we will strengthen our sanction measures in close cooperation with the G7 and the rest of the international community.

– Fumio Kishida

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We should sanction their energy sector down to its knees, and we should open up ours — that, I think, is a great strategic opportunity, the right thing to do for our economy, and I’m going to propose legislation to do it.

– Josh Hawley

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

But I have some advice. Ratchet the sanctions all the way up. Don't hold any back. Every single available tough sanction should be employed and should be employed now, there's no such thing as a little invasion.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We're all together at this point and we need to be together about what should be done. But I have some advice. Ratchet the sanctions all the way up. Don't hold any back. Every single available tough sanction should be employed and should be employed now, there's no such thing as a little invasion.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If you signal that every time a country has serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch and other groups can come in and say, ‘You should sanction your revenue,’ it’s going to create business headaches for them all over the world.

– John Sifton

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The lives of children are just as valuable as the lives of adults, and it should be every politician’s most pressing duty to ensure our laws protect the most vulnerable, instead, Harris wants the law to sanction the greatest human rights abuse and mass slaughter of children our nation has ever seen.

– Lila Rose

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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