09/16/2026
After a tremendous amount of work to impose stronger sanctions and sustained pressure on Vladimir Putin, the House just passed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, legislation I worked to advance as an original cosponsor.
This bill significantly increases economic pressure on Moscow. Putin can change the flag on an oil tanker, but he cannot change where its cargo came from, and he cannot hide forever from the consequences. The legislation targets Russia’s shadow fleet and sanctions-evasion networks and gives President Trump new authority to impose tariffs on major purchasers of Russian energy.
Once signed into law, it will make the economic consequences of prolonging this war harder for Putin to evade while increasing the pressure for negotiations that could bring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to an end.
Watch my floor remarks here:
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