Including my legislation with @SenatorShaheen in the #NDAA highlights the bipartisan, bicameral consensus in Congress and throughout the government that the US must stop Russia's Nord Stream 2.
In the coming days, Congress will pass and the president will sign into law targeted sanctions that will do exactly that, specifically penalizing the companies involved in installing the pipeline.
In doing so, we will have protected Europe's energy security and prevented Putin from leveraging billions of dollars that could be used to fuel Russian aggression.
I appreciate @SenatorShaheen’s leadership on this issue, and I will be working with my fellow lawmakers, and with Secretaries Pompeo and Mnuchin, to make sure these sanctions are fully implemented and any violators are tracked and duly designated.
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