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Chaffetz, Jason - U.S. Representative, [R] Utah
CONVERSATIONS] FOR FIVE MINUTES, AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE. ACCORDING TO THE RECORD OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PROVIDES APPROXIMATELY $5 MILLION...
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Whitaker, Kevin - Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
GOES? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, SHERMAN. THE PURPOSE OF OUR DEMOCRACY ENCOURAGE THE FUNDING IS TO ENCOURAGE THE CIL SOC DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY....
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Mack, Connie IV - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
MACK, FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND ASK JUST FOR THE COMMITTEE'S KNOWLEDGE, BY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COMMITTEE IS...
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Whitaker, Kevin - Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
OR FOREIGN POLICY BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, IF YOU CARE TO REACT TO THOSE TWO STATEMENTS, I'D LOVE TO HEAR IT. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. ON THE FIRST...
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Faleomavaega, Eni - Congressional Delegate, [D] American Samoa
THE GENTLEMAN FROM AMERICA SAMOA. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND I DO THANK OUR WITNESSES FOR THEIR TESTIMONY THIS MORNING. I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP...
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Delare, Thomas - Director
CONGRESSMAN, WE -- THE FIGURE I USED EARLIER IN MY TESTIMONY WAS -- OR MAYBE I DIDN'T -- WAS 900,000 TO ONE MILLION BARRELS PER DAY. I WOULD HAVE TO...
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Whitaker, Kevin - Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
UM, WELL, WE CAN GO THROUGH THEM. THERE'S NOT FULLY COOPERATING ON TERRORISM MATTERS WHICH WAS IMPOSED IN MAY 2006. EVERY YEAR SINCE 2005 THEY'VE BEEN...
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Delare, Thomas - Director
SOMEWHAT A LITTLE -- >> IF I MAY -- >> DEFECTIVE? >> THE SANCTIONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THE SANCTIONS DIRECTED AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT IN TEHRAN....
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Rivera, David - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
TIME'S UP, MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. WE NOW RECOGNIZE THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA FOR FIVE MINUTES. >>...
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Benjamin, Daniel - Coordinator
DEPARTMENT LIST OF SPONSORS OF STATE TERRORISM? IS. >> CURRENTLY ON THE LIST, IRAN, SYRIA, CUBA AND SUDAN. >> SO FOUR COUNTRIES. AND WITH RESPECT TO...
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Sires, Albio - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
HIS HOME STATE. >> THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN. THERE'S CURRENTLY A $1 MILLION BOUNTY ON JANET. SHE WAS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A STATE POLICE OFFICER POINT-BLANK...
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Rivera, David - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
THAT THAT WAS NOT JUST A RANDOM ROBBERY, IT WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED, AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER THAT A TERRORIST ACT. UM, SO I HOPE YOU'LL...
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Whitaker, Kevin - Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
YES. AS AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN NOTED, THERE IS EVIDENCE IN THE PAST ELN AND FARC MEMBERS HAVING BEEN PRESENT IN CUBA. THERE ARE CONTINUING ALLEGATIONS...
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Deutch, Theodore "Ted" E. - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA FOR FIVE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I APOLOGIZE, I WAS A LITTLE LATE GETTING BACK. V YOU SPOKEN -- HAVE YOU SPOKEN...
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Benjamin, Daniel - Coordinator
WANT TO FOLLOW UP. AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, WE DO NOT DISCUSS DESIGNATIONS IN PUBLIC BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF TIPPING POTENTIAL DESIGNEES. REGARDING...
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Delare, Thomas - Director
UNDER CCSADA THE FOCUS, THOSE WOULD BE UNDER YOUR INFORMATION? >> CORRECT. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR OFFICE DO YOU HAVE CONDUCTING THOSE INVESTIGATIONS?...
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Mack, Connie IV - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
BY RECOGNIZING THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA, MR. MACK MACK. >> THANK YOU. WHY WAS CUBA PUT
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Benjamin, Daniel - Coordinator
ON A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM LIST IN 1982? >> IT WAS PUT ON A STATE SPONSORSHIP FOR SUPPORTING FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES...
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Sires, Albio - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
WAY THAT WILL PRODUCE RESULTS. >> I NOW RECOGNIZE MR.
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Whitaker, Kevin - Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
SAYRES FROM NEW JERSEY. >> THEY BROUGHT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WEAPONS. >> THAT IS CORRECT. THE PRINCIPAL PURCHASES THAT VENEZUELA HAS MADE OVER...
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Faleomavaega, Eni - Congressional Delegate, [D] American Samoa
GOVERNMENT CHARGES. >> I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU WANTED TO KNOW THAT WE BUY $117,000 WORTH OF OIL A DAY FROM CUBA. BY MY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE -- >>...
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Sires, Albio - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
MATHEMATICS. THAT IS NOT PEANUTS IN MY HUMBLE OPINION. >> NOW THAT I'VE LOST MY -- I JUST WANT TO ADD FOLLOWING UP ON MY FRIEND, THERE IS MORE THAN ONE...
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Whitaker, Kevin - Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
STATES IN CUBA. WITH SANCTIONS. ENJOYING THE BEACH AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? >> IN THE PAST, I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS...
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Chaffetz, Jason - U.S. Representative, [R] Utah
AND TRIED HERE. >> THE CHAIRMAN YIELDS BACK ON THAT. MR. WHITAKER, THE ONLY REASON WE HAVEN'T PUT VENEZUELA ON THE STATE SPONSOR
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| 00:32:12 |
Whitaker, Kevin - Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
OF TERRORISM LIST, ISN'T THE ONLY REASON BECAUSE WE CONSUME A LOT OF THEIR OIL? IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? >> I WOULD DISSOCIATE MYSELF FROM WHAT AMBASSADOR...
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Szubin, Adam J. - Director
ONCE THEY GET TO VENEZUELA? THOSE TREASURY NOT TRACK THAT AT ALL? WE SEND THEM $100 MILLION A DAY. WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THAT MONEY? >> I CAN'T SPEAK...
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| 00:34:09 |
Whitaker, Kevin - Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
TO ADDRESS THAT? >> THIS IS A CHANGE FROM THE PAST WHICH OPERATED -- IT WAS GOVERNMENT OWNED BUT WAS AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY WITH ITS OWN FINANCIAL STRUCTURE....
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Mack, Connie IV - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
YIELD TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA, MR. MACK. >> HALF OF THE RECEIPTS TO THE
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Whitaker, Kevin - Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
GOVERNMENT
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Run "PDVSA", -
COME FROM THE OIL THAT IS SOLD TO THE UNITED STATES. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? >> HALF OF GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS COME FROM PROCEEDS -- NOT ALL THE RECEIPTS...
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Delare, Thomas - Director
THE TIME THE STUDY COMES BACK IN A POSITIVE WAY BUT THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS WHIP IT UP AGAIN. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUY THIS WHEN WE CAN GET IT FROM...
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| 00:37:35 |
Chaffetz, Jason - U.S. Representative, [R] Utah
ADJUSTMENTS. IN THE MEANTIME WE GET THAT ENERGY FROM SOMEWHERE. >> THERE IS A CONCERTED EFFORT TO SAY WE ARE OK WITH TERRORISM IF WE KEEP THE PRICE OF...
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Rivera, David - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
AT 711. I YIELD FIVE MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA MR. RIVERA. >> YOU WERE THE DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL. YOU WERE IN CHARGE OF REGULATING...
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Szubin, Adam J. - Director
CUBA IS REGULATED UNDER THAT ACT. >> THEY WERE ISSUED PURSUANT THE TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT. >> CUBA IS AN ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES. >> THE TITLE...
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| 00:42:40 |
Whitaker, Kevin - Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
HAD. >> NO CONVERSATION -- >> I SPOKE WITH GEORGE RIVERA ON THE PHONE. I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK. WHAT YOU JUST SAID -- >> WHAT WAS THE TENOR...
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| 00:43:07 |
Chaffetz, Jason - U.S. Representative, [R] Utah
AND NOT THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY. >> IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS WE WILL THANK THE WITNESSES FOR APPEARING HERE TODAY. I WOULD IMPLORE YOU IN THE...
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TO THE COUNTRY. I'D HOPE IT WASN'T TOO PAINFUL TO COME BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE AND PERHAPS WE WILL HAVE YOU HERE AGAIN BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.