On the recordJanuary 17, 2019
Apparently, it does to the Trump administration, which has agreed to lift sanctions on three of his companies in exchange for Deripaska dropping his ownership stake from 70 to 44.95, never mind that the new chairman of United Company RUSAL's board, Jean-Pierre Thomas, has himself defended the Russian illegal occupation, condemned by the world, of Crimea, part of sovereign Ukraine. That is exactly why Congress required in CAATSA a congressional notification before sanctions could be lifted to prevent this President from allowing his inexplicable bromance with Putin to supersede U.S. national security interests. Now is the time not to ease pressure on Putin. I urge my colleagues to support H.J. Res. 30. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
