WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Co-Chairs of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus, introduced the Baltic Security Assessment Act of 2026, legislation that requires the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Relations and Affairs, and Appropriations on emerging threats posed to the Baltic countries-Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The report must detail the role of malign actors such as Russia, Belarus, China, and Iran regarding military, cyber, hybrid, and political threats. It also would require reporting o...