Russia
November 24th, 2021
It's time for Congress to act, pass those sanctions, and stop this generational catastrophe.
November 17th, 2021
President Biden’s recent decisions regarding U.S. policy towards Russia – including greenlighting Nord Stream 2, the Russian malign influence pipeline project – are projecting weakness, emboldening the Putin regime, and...
November 9th, 2021
I recently led a group of colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden urging the Biden Administration to take swift action against Russia’s most recent buildup at the Ukrainian Border.
August 16th, 2021
As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I took to the Senate floor recently to propose a bill to immediately impose sanctions on The Nord Stream 2 pipeline -- a project that if completed would threaten the...
July 23rd, 2021
The United States and Germany have unveiled an agreement on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline under which Berlin pledged to respond to any attempt by Russia to use energy as a weapon against Ukraine and other Central and...
June 16th, 2021
U.S. military scrambled fighter jets in response to the Russian Navy conducting what Moscow officials called its largest exercise in the Pacific Ocean since the end of the Cold War.
April 22nd, 2021
The Biden Administration’s sanctions are a good step in the right direction, but simply do not go far enough to impose real costs on the Putin regime
March 1st, 2021
Trevor Reed has been detained for far too long, for trumped-up charges that current evidence on file does not support. I cannot imagine what Trevor and his family are going through, and I call on the Russian government to...
November 24th, 2020
I am pleased that the Trump administration has taken the final and necessary step to formally withdraw from this costly and outdated agreement. Russia will no longer be able to use this treaty to use our skies to spy on the...
September 10th, 2020
The Atlantic recently attacked President Trump over his cancelled 2018 trip to the Aisne – Marne American cemetery near Paris.
November 22nd, 2021
At a time when our allies don’t trust us after the failed Afghanistan withdrawal, the CRUCIAL Act will signal to our most vital Indo-Pacific partners that we are prepared for the long-haul and that we will stand with them in...
November 12th, 2021
I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to reassert our bipartisan consensus that Putin’s pipeline is bad for American national security and the security of our allies, and to impose sanctions on entities ...
November 1st, 2021
It is imperative that President Biden stop being so risk-averse, stop appeasing Putin and Xi, and move quickly to develop critical capabilities that our adversaries are now perfecting.
July 23rd, 2021
Senior Biden Admin Official Admits Nord Stream 2 Completion “Disastrous” In Questioning by Sen. Cruz
I recently questioned the U.S. State Department's Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland on the Biden administration's capitulation to Putin on the Russian pipeline Nord Stream 2, which if completed would...
July 1st, 2021
We will not tolerate an American citizen being used as a political pawn on the global stage, and I will not stop fighting for Trevor until he is safely back on American soil.
June 7th, 2021
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is a “real weapon” and expressed surprise and disappointment in U.S. President Joe Biden's approval of the project.
March 18th, 2021
The United States will not tolerate an American citizen being held by the Putin Regime as a political pawn. Free Trevor Reed.
January 20th, 2021
I applaud the administration for taking decisive, necessary action to signal that the U.S. will not allow the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to be completed. Putin’s Nord Stream 2 project – if completed – would threaten Europe’s...
September 18th, 2020
Wednesday, 21 members of the Texas Delegation, joined by Leader McCarthy, introduced a resolution calling for the release of Trevor Reed, a United States Marine Corps veteran. Reed, who grew up in Tehachapi, California and...
September 4th, 2020
In an op-ed for Real Clear Politics, I outlined four areas in which the Trump administration have made significant strides to advance America's national security interests including strengthening the U.S.-Israel relationship...