The Biden administration is “reviewing closely” the requirements of new laws authorizing sanctions on Iranian oil and “will ensure the rigorous implementation of their provisions” as they take effect, a State Department official recently told a lawmaker.
A bipartisan group of 22 House members urged the Biden administration this month to investigate reports that Iran provided financial support to pro-Palestinian protest groups in the United States, possibly in violation of U.S. sanctions laws.
A bipartisan group of 46 House members urged the Biden administration this week to fully use “all tools at its disposal,” including sanctions, to crack down on Hezbollah’s international financing network.
Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., co-chairs of the Congressional Venezuela Democracy Caucus, introduced a resolution last week calling for new U.S. sanctions to pressure Venezuelan ruler Nicolas Maduro to stop trying to “steal” the country’s recent presidential election.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin, D-Md., Aug. 1 encouraged U.S. allies and partners to impose more sanctions on those waging Sudan’s civil war.
The Senate Appropriations Committee is concerned that Chinese Communist Party-backed companies may be “exploiting” the U.S. bankruptcy process to obtain American companies’ sensitive and proprietary information, the panel wrote in a new report accompanying its version of the FY 2025 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, urged the Biden administration July 31 to speed up the delivery of critical weapon systems to Israel following Hezbollah’s recent attack that killed 12 children in Israel’s Golan Heights.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced several bills this week targeting human rights violations and foreign investment by China.
The Biden administration continues to consider imposing additional sanctions to reduce China’s export of dual-use goods to Russia’s defense industrial base, a State Department official told a congressional panel July 30.
The Biden administration is doing too little to counter China’s material support for Russia’s war machine, the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said July 30.