Sen. Cruz Leads Congressional Push to Halt Putin's Nord Stream 2 Pipeline With Clarified & Expanded Sanctions
June 16, 2020
June 16, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release:
With only a 100 miles of pipe left to install in the Baltic Sea, Russian-owned companies are working to circumvent U.S. sanctions and complete President Vladimir Putin's pipeline, Nord Stream 2 - a project that if completed would reward Russia's aggressive expansionism and economic blackmail, hold our European allies' energy security hostage to Russia, and undermine America's national security interest . . .
With only a 100 miles of pipe left to install in the Baltic Sea, Russian-owned companies are working to circumvent U.S. sanctions and complete President Vladimir Putin's pipeline, Nord Stream 2 - a project that if completed would reward Russia's aggressive expansionism and economic blackmail, hold our European allies' energy security hostage to Russia, and undermine America's national security interest . . .