Rubio Urges Enactment of Bill to Sanction Ports, Others Dealing in Iranian Oil
Congress “must” move forward with a recently passed House bill that could lead to new sanctions on foreign ports and refineries that process or accept Iranian petroleum, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said. The House voted 342-69 to pass the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act last week (see 2311030066), and Rubio, who has introduced similar legislation in the Senate, said his chamber should do the same.
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“Our nation’s foreign adversaries must know they will face consequences for empowering other regimes that are anti-democratic and anti-American,” Rubio said Nov. 6. “We must enact and then rigorously enforce this bill so that those who are enriching themselves through the sale of sanctioned oil, or linked with its illicit trade, are held accountable.”