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.
Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, introduced a bill Oct. 30 that seeks to ensure 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. The Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act, which also would apply to federal agencies that handle domestic sales, was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Three Republican senators introduced a bill Oct. 30 that would allow the president to sanction Chinese entities that manufacture, distribute or finance the production of nitazene precursor chemicals.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., urged the Commerce Department on Oct. 30 to support Malaysia’s new efforts to prevent the country from being used to smuggle export-controlled U.S. chips to China.
Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., said Oct. 30 that she intends to work with the Trump administration, including the State and Treasury departments, to ensure that the U.N. fully carries out plans to reimpose "snapback” sanctions on Iran.
Several lawmakers offered a mix of praise and skepticism Oct. 30 when asked to assess the new U.S. trade deal with China.
Reps. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., and Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the House Select Committee on China, announced Oct. 30 that they're introducing a companion to a Senate bill that would require U.S. manufacturers of advanced AI chips to make their products available to American firms before selling them to China and other "countries of concern."
Twelve Senate Democrats urged President Donald Trump Oct. 29 not to ease U.S. restrictions on inbound or outbound investment as part of a potential trade deal with China this week.
Reps. Keith Self, R-Texas, and Michael McCaul, R-Texas, introduced a bill Oct. 28 that would increase the civil penalties that may be imposed under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.