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Three months ago, I introduced legislation that would direct the State Department to consider adding Russia to its list of state sponsors of terrorism, alongside its close allies Iran and Syria. The moral case for such a designation is sound.
Russia has invaded its neighbors Georgia & Ukraine, it supports the murderous Assad regime & our enemies in Afghanistan, & it is engaged in active information warfare against Western democracies, including meddling in the 2016 United States elections.
Earlier this year, the Kremlin had crossed yet another previously unimaginable line, when it used a military-grade nerve agent to poison a former Russian intelligence agent and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury.
Russia is officially responsible for a chemical weapons attack against a NATO member state on its own soil — a brazen violation of sovereignty of our closest ally. It requires a serious American response.
My legislation would require the State Department to determine within 90 days whether the Russian Federation meets the criteria to be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.
If the answer is yes, Russia would face restrictions on American foreign assistance, a ban on American defense exports and sales, limits on American sales of certain items that have both civilian and military uses, and other financial and other restrictions.
Cory, you are completely missing the forest for the trees. Legislate to your heart's content but as long as you have a President who views Putin as a trustworthy ally and you aren't willing to call that out for what it is, your words are impotent by choice.
This is all very nice. But where is your comment on the behavior of the President in Helsinki? You will be held to account in 2020 if you don't speak up when he disgraces our country as he did in Finland.
Insist that McConnell hold a vote on legislation to protect the Mueller investigation and to force the president to release his tax returns. If you won't do something that simple and obvious, then you don't really care about Russian influence in the White House.
Is there a moral case for you to denounce the President by name for his shameful display at Helsinki? #AskingForAConstituent
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