2 Senate Democrats Call for More Sanctions, Action to Stop Nord Stream 2

Two Senate Democrats this week joined a growing chorus of lawmakers (see 2102170013 and 2008110016) to urge the Joe Biden administration to increase sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project and prevent it from being completed. Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said they appreciated measures taken so far (see 2101190018) but urged the administration to continue to use “all the tools available to stop the pipeline’s construction” and to continue “using diplomacy” to build European opposition to the project. “This pipeline must be stopped and your leadership is required towards that end,” the senators said in a March 23 letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “[P]ublicly available information suggests that further sanctions are warranted at this time.”