Five Senate Democrats led by Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., urged the Treasury Department Nov. 5 to provide more information about how it is implementing new restrictions on U.S. outbound investment in China.
House Select Committee on China ranking member Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., and Del. James Moylan, R-Guam, introduced Nov. 4 a companion to a Senate bill that would require the executive branch to develop a strategy to counter deepening cooperation among U.S. "adversaries" in such areas as sanctions evasion and the sharing of restricted dual-use technology (see 2505290076).
Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., said Nov. 4 that it’s his “expectation” that the final version of the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will contain his bill that aims to remove obstacles to defense trade within the Australia-U.K.-U.S. security partnership.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Nov. 4 that he doesn't know when lawmakers will take up his Nigeria sanctions bill but that he "would like to see it moved sooner rather than later." Cruz said he’s unaware of any opposition to his legislation, which aims to address religious persecution, including the alleged mass killing of Christians.
Reps. Andy Barr, R-Ky., and Jefferson Shreve, R-Ind., both members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, urged the Treasury Department Nov. 3 to designate the Palestinian Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA) a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, citing the group’s ties to Hamas.
A bipartisan group of six senators said Oct. 30 that the U.S. should consider designating Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) a Foreign Terrorist Organization or a Specially Designated Global Terrorist following the militia’s mass killing of civilians in the city of El Fasher.
The Democratic minority on the House Select Committee on China said in a new report Nov. 4 that the U.S. and its allies should strengthen their export controls to prevent China from using their technology for repression.
Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., on Oct. 31 introduced a companion to a Senate bill aimed at ensuring that the Bureau of Industry and Security and the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls can continue processing license applications for firearms exports during a lapse in government appropriations (see 2510310048). Cline’s measure was referred to the House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs committees.
Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., urged Bryce McFerran to resign from his position as acting chief banking officer at the U.S. Export-Import Bank because of his ties to Russian metals and mining company Evraz, which the U.K. sanctioned in 2022 for conducting railway work that supports Russia’s military.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, urged the State Department Oct. 30 to designate three Colombian criminal groups Foreign Terrorist Organizations.