Washington, Oct. 2 -- Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro issued the following press release:
Today, Reps. John Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) responded to reporting from the Atlantic that President Trump is entertaining a plan to ease sanctions on Russia:
"When we voted against the Senate's sanction bill this month, we warned that stripping out the enforcement language would leave every decision about punishing Putin to a president who keeps siding with the Kremlin. It took less than two weeks and President Trump is entertaining a plan to ease sanctions on Russia.
"Just last week President Trump went to the United Nations and bragged about the 'enormous new tariff authorit...