Political Quotes

“President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill prohibits U.S. persons from engaging in transactions with foreign persons who purchase or transact in gold from the Russian Federation. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Russian Government and Oligarchs from Limiting Democracy Act of 2022'' or the ``Stop Russian GOLD Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON TRANSACTIONS WITH FOREIGN PERSONS THAT PURCHASE OR TRANSACT IN RUSSIAN GOLD. (a) In General.--Any transaction by a United States person with a foreign person described in subsection (b) is prohibited. (b) Foreign Person Described.--A foreign person is described in this subsection if the foreign person-- (1) purchases, transacts in, or transports between countries gold received from the Government of the Russian Federation, including from reserves of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation held outside the Russian Federation; or (2) engages in a transaction-- (A) involving gold; and (B) that has a physical or electronic nexus to the Russian Federation.…”