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Wyden Releases Statement on Obstructionist Nord Stream 2 Legislation

Statement

By: Ron Wyden
By: Ron Wyden
Date: Jan. 13, 2022
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Foreign Affairs

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement after voting no on obstructionist legislation by Republican Senator Ted Cruz, of Texas, related to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline:

"Senator Cruz had an opportunity to come up with serious legislation dealing with Nord Stream 2, but instead he wrote a bill that would hogtie the Senate with procedural votes and obstruct progress on all the other issues that matter to American families. This is the latest example in a pattern in which Senator Cruz tramples on the important American principle of leaving politics out of U.S. national security matters. I strongly oppose the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and support sanctioning the Putin allies constructing it, which is why it's a shame that Senator Cruz's overtly political legislation prevented the Senate from having a real debate on those priorities."


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