House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., and Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., who chaired the committee’s Foreign Arms Sales Task Force, jointly praised President Donald Trump’s new arms transfer strategy Feb. 9, saying it will streamline the defense export process.
The leaders of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China jointly urged lawmakers Feb. 9 to swiftly advance Hong Kong sanctions legislation after the Chinese territory sentenced pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison, a penalty they said is intended to stifle peaceful dissent.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is looking at ways to prevent U.S. technology from ending up in the hands of Chinese military end-users, Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., said Feb. 3.
A bicameral group of 26 Democrats is asking the European Union not to make an exception for American natural gas as it begins to implement its methane regulation.
Reps. Blake Moore, R-Utah, and Marc Veasey, D-Texas, introduced a bill Feb. 5 that would prohibit foreign investment in college sports name, image and likeness (NIL) agreements.
A diplomatic adviser to exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya urged Congress Feb. 3 to pass a bill that would renew and increase sanctions against Belarus.
Two Senate Democrats urged the Defense Department Feb. 5 to investigate whether Elon Musk’s SpaceX has received significant Chinese investments that could threaten U.S. national security.
Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., announced Feb. 5 that she and three other Democratic senators are introducing a resolution urging the Trump administration to reverse its decision to provide advanced AI chips to the United Arab Emirates.
Calls to impose new sanctions on Syria to counter renewed internal fighting there could weaken the country’s new government or push it toward U.S. adversaries, such as China or Russia, a Middle East expert told a congressionally led panel Feb. 3.
The Senate Commerce Committee voted 15-13 along party lines on Feb. 3 to approve President Donald Trump’s nomination of attorney and venture capitalist Robert Harvey to fill a vacancy on the Federal Maritime Commission. The nomination now heads to the full Senate for its consideration. Harvey has pledged to vigorously enforce the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 if confirmed by the Senate (see 2510220029).