WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member issued the following news release:

Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, sending the legislation to the President's desk:

"Today, Congress sent Vladimir Putin an unmistakable, bipartisan message: the United States will not allow Russia's war machine to continue operating with impunity. The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act strikes at the heart of the Kremlin's ability to fund its brutal war against Ukraine. Every dollar Russia earns through i...