WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's vote on amendments he offered during the Committee's legislative markup to use U.S. leverage to help bring the civil war in Sudan to an end. The Senator's first amendment, mirroring his Stand Up for Sudan Act (https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/van-hollen-jacobs-reintroduce-bill-to-prohibit-us-arms-sales-to-uae-until-they-cease-support-of-rsf-in-sudan), would prevent U.S. arms sales to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) until the UAE is no longer providing materiel support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - a paramilit...