WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego issued the following press release:

Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) issued the following statement on a report (https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/justice-department-probes-irans-use-of-binance-to-evade-sanctions-9dc61ce4) that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether digital asset firm Binance has violated U.S. sanctions laws by facilitating billions of dollars worth of transactions linked to Iran and its proxies tied to terrorism. This development comes after Senator Van Hollen, Ranking Member Warren, and all Democrats on the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee urged (https://www.gallego.senate.gov/news/press...