WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. James Lankford issued the following news release:
US Senators James Lankford (R-OK), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Lebanon Sanctions, Stabilization, and Support Act (https://www.lankford.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MDM26I18.pdf), legislation to support Lebanon's rule of law and democratic institutions through targeted sanctions, support for expanding the state's civil authority, and security assistance to help the Lebanese state establish a monopoly of force over its territory, disarm Hezbollah, integrate communities into the state and free Lebanon from Iran's malign influence.
"For decad...