Caitlin Macneal · Friday, October 27, 2017, 10:34 am
Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Thursday that the Trump administration has issued guidance for the implementation of new sanctions on Russia after the administration missed a deadline for moving forward with the sanctions by several weeks.
“The Senate and House spoke loud and clear by overwhelmingly passing this piece of legislation and sent a strong signal to Iran, Russia and North Korea that our country will stand firm and united in the face of destabilizing behavior,” Corker said in a statement. “The guidance provided today by the State Department is a good first step in responsibly implementing a very complex piece of legislation, and I appreciate Secretary Tillerson’s attention to this important issue. Congress will expect thorough and timely consultation until full implementation is complete.”
The guidance was issued after Corker spoke to Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan about the delay in implementing the sanctions, according to the Daily Beast.
Congress passed a bill to enact new sanctions on Russia in July, and President Donald Trump reluctantly signed it into law. The legislation set an Oct. 1 deadline for the administration to name which entities would be hit with the new sanctions. However, Corker told reporters earlier this week that the administration had let nearly a month go by since the deadline without naming the entities, noting that he was not sure whether the delay was intentional.
“We’re going to check into it,” he said, according to Vox. “I don’t have any way of evaluating whether it’s purposeful or not purposeful.”
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/corker-mccain-trump-administration-delay-russia-sanctions
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