Capito Joins Bipartisan Group in Introducing Hard-Hitting Russia Sanctions

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined her Senate colleagues to introduce primary and secondary sanctions against Russia and actors supporting Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. The effort was led by U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.).

These sanctions would be imposed if Russia refuses to engage in good faith negotiations for a lasting peace with Ukraine or initiates another effort, including military invasion, that undermines the sovereignty of Ukraine after peace is negotiated. The legislation also imposes a 500 percent tariff on imported goods from countries that buy Russian oil, gas, uranium and other products.

The sanctions are cosponsored by: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Angus King (I-Maine), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), John Curtis (R-Utah), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Jon Husted (R-Ohio), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.).

Companion legislation is being introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by: U.S. Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), and Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio).