WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Deb Fischer issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate passed and she voted for the Sanctioning Russia Act, which she championed as an original cosponsor:

"The Kremlin's war machine runs on the money it makes from selling cheap oil and gas to countries like China, India, and Brazil who then profit by reselling Russian energy at a markup. It is long overdue for these enablers to pay a price. The Sanctioning Russia Act will pressure the world's largest purchasers of Russian energy to reduce their dependence on Moscow. I urge the House to take it up swiftly and send it to the pres...