Jeanne Shaheen

10/22/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/22/2024 17:38

Bipartisan Support Grows for Shaheen, Risch Legislation That Would Hold Georgian Officials Accountable for Corruption, Human Rights Abuses and Anti-Democratic Efforts

U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Chairman of the International Republican Institute (IRI), Angus King (I-ME), Todd Young (R-IN), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and George Helmy (D-NJ) have requested to join the Senators' Georgian People's Act when the Senate reconvenes in November, joining SFRC Chairman Ben Cardin (D-MD) and U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in supporting Shaheen and Risch's bipartisan legislation.