Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., urged the Trump administration late Feb. 6 to reimpose sanctions on former Serb Republic President Milorad Dodik, saying he continues to promote secession from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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.
The Treasury Department last week asked for public feedback about how it should shape its new fast-track process for certain deals filed with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. It also previewed the kinds of business information it may ask participants to provide and national security conditions they must meet once the agency deploys the so-called known investor program, which is still operating as a pilot for a small number of investors.
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.