WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member issued the following news release:
Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Peter Welch (D-VT) sent a letter to Secretary Rubio calling on the Administration to recognize the outcome of Brazil's elections and asking the State Department to work with regional partners in the Western Hemisphere in the monitoring of electoral and judicial processes.
In the letter, the Senators express concern about the Trump Administration's recent actions towards Brazil, including the Administration's use of tariffs and targeted sanctions to attempt to shape the Brazilian Supreme Court's verdict in the c...