WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senator Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and eight of her Democratic colleagues on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in calling on Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) to convene a hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over recently announced sanctions relief (https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-could-lift-sanctions-more-russian-oil-says-bessent-2026-03-06/) for Russia. This comes at the same time that Russia is providing intelligence to Iran (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/06/russia-iran-intelligence-us-targets/) to target American service members in th...