Richard Blumenthal. Stock photo: Getty Images

US Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut has urged the House of Representatives to support a Senate-passed bill imposing sanctions on Russia, describing the situation in the war in Ukraine as a "moment of extreme urgency".

Source: Blumenthal in an interview with CBS News

Quote: "It is a moment of extreme urgency, for the reason that Putin may try to escalate, but also because Putin is on his heels economically.

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