Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, both welcomed the Aug. 28 release of a rule from the Bureau of Industry and Security easing licensing requirements for civilian exports to Syria (see 2508280029).
Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Fla., who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, urged the Trump administration Aug. 21 to investigate allegations that a “number” of new companies in South Florida are trying to evade U.S. sanctions on Cuba.
Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee accused the Trump administration Aug. 25 of taking what they see as a conflicting approach to export controls for computing chips.
A bill to repeal a U.S. economic sanctions law targeting Syria was among the topics Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., discussed with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa during a visit to the Middle Eastern country, Shaheen's office said Aug. 25.
When the Senate returns from its August recess, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., said, he wants the chamber to take up a major Russia sanctions bill to spur Moscow to end its war with Ukraine.
Reps. Gabe Amo, D-R.I., and Michael McCaul, R-Texas, announced Aug. 21 that they are introducing a House companion to a Senate bill that seeks to remove obstacles to defense trade within the 4-year-old Australia-U.K.-U.S. security partnership.
Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, said Aug. 21 that the House should take up his Russia sanctions bill if Moscow doesn’t negotiate a peace deal with Ukraine.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said Aug. 19 he is optimistic the Trump administration’s new trade deal with the EU will help peanut farmers in his state increase their exports to Europe.
House Select Committee on China ranking member Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., urged the Trump administration Aug. 19 to continue sanctioning China for buying Iranian oil.
Despite co-sponsoring a bill that would impose a wide range of sanctions on Russia and its supporters if Moscow refuses to reach a peace deal with Ukraine, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said Aug. 19 he is hesitant for Congress to take up the legislation when it returns from its August recess.