WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley - a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee - issued the following statement after the Senate passed bipartisan legislation to crack down on Russia's ability to fund its war in Ukraine:
"The United States must stand with democratic republics around the world when they are attacked by authoritarian states. It is our responsibility to strongly support Ukraine in turning back Russia's invasion. The people of Ukraine have gone through repeated struggles to preserve their freedom, including the Orange Revolution and the rejection of an authoritarian leader who wanted to put them under Putin's thumb. Ukrainians c...