Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., urged the Biden administration Aug. 16 to impose more sanctions on Venezuelan ruler Nicolas Maduro and his regime for refusing to concede he lost the country’s recent presidential election to opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said Aug. 14 that the Biden administration should move more quickly to implement new Iran sanctions that Congress approved four months ago. “The only way to deter Iran and its proxies is through a clear display of strength and resolve," McCaul said in a statement.
Florida Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott introduced a resolution this month opposing the removal of Cuba from the State Department’s state sponsors of terrorism list.
Four U.S. House members urged the Colombian government last week to end a “meritless” investigation of U.S. powdered milk exports. Reps. Adrian Smith, R-Neb.; Jim Costa, D-Calif.; Dusty Johnson, R-S.D.; and Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., made their plea in a letter to Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Luis Gilberto Murillo.
A bipartisan group of 14 senators urged USDA this week to modernize its process for collecting information on foreign investment in U.S. farmland.
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 House resolution calling for new U.S. sanctions against Venezuela has gained additional co-sponsors.
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.
Nearly all Senate’s Republicans called on President Joe Biden last week to accelerate the delivery of congressionally approved weapon systems and ammunition to Israel.
Reps. Young Kim, R-Calif., and Colin Allred, D-Texas, introduced a bill last week that would authorize the U.S. president to impose property-blocking sanctions on People’s Republic of China (PRC) entities that harm the environment or public health in Africa.