Heinrich Votes to Sanction Russia

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after securing Senate passage of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act, bipartisan legislation he cosponsored to impose sanctions on Russian President Valdimir Putin, senior Russian political and military leaders, oligarchs, state-owned enterprises, and foreign companies for supporting and financing Russia's war against Ukraine.

"New Mexicans stand with the Ukrainian people," said Heinrich. "With this bill, we are sending a clear message to Vladimir Putin: You reap what you sow. End this war, work to achieve lasting peace with Ukraine, or face the consequences. The United States must continue to stand with Ukraine as it defends its freedom, its people, and the democratic values we share."

The bill now heads to the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration.

Specifically, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act deprives Vladimir Putin of the revenue financing Russia's war against Ukraine by imposing mandatory sanctions on Russia's political leadership, financial institutions, energy sector, and sanctions evasion networks, while using narrowly scoped tariffs to pressure the world's largest purchasers of Russian energy to reduce their dependence on Moscow.

The legislation is led by U.S. Senator Darline Graham (R-S.C.). Alongside Heinrich, the bill is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), James Risch (R-Idaho), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Angus King (I-Maine), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), John Curtis (R-Utah), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Jon Husted (R-Ohio), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Alan Armstrong (R-Okla.), Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), David McCormick (R-Pa.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Kennedy (R-La.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Thune (R-S.D.), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.).

The full text of the bill is here.

Heinrich has staunchly supported the Ukrainian people in their fight for freedom against Russia's unjustified, unprovoked, and unlawful invasion.

Heinrich met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the U.S. Capitol last week and released a statement reaffirming his strong support for Ukraine.

In April 2025, Heinrich introduced legislation to impose primary and secondary sanctions on Russia and actors supporting Russia's aggression in Ukraine.

As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Heinrich secured a provision in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Defense Appropriations Bill to include $300 million in funding for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.

In February 2024, Heinrich passed an aid package that would strengthen America's national security by delivering aid to Ukraine.

In January 2024, Heinrich met with Ukrainian families living in Farmington, New Mexico, who fled their country following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Heinrich also has an extensive history of standing up to Russia and Russian interference in the United States, detailed here.

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