WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), John Cornyn (R-TX), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Jim Risch (R-ID) cheered the Senate's unanimous passage of their Conflict-free Leaving Employment and Activity Restrictions (CLEAR) Path Act. The CLEAR Path Act would mitigate foreign influence on U.S. policymaking by prohibiting high-level former government employees from lobbying on behalf of certain countries of concern.
"Corrupt foreign nations put their thumb on the scales of American policy through both secret and overt channels of influence. I'm very pleased that the Senate has unanimously passed our bipartisan CLEAR Path Act to stop senior U.S. government officials...