U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) released a statement on Thursday urging the United States Senate to take up and pass the bipartisan Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act.
This legislation would sanction illicit purchases of Iranian oil and hold the regime’s enablers accountable. Iranian oil sales to China continue to fund the Ayatollah’s ability to repress Iranian protestors and finance its terrorist proxies like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis in Yemen.
Sen. Britt recently joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and 27 of their Senate colleagues in introducing the Senate version of the SHIP Act. The U.S. House of Representatives already passed the companion version of the bill in an overwhelming bipartisan 342 to 69 vote earlier this month.
“It is simply common sense to hold accountable the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism for financing barbaric atrocities that kill Americans and our allies. However, the Biden Administration continues its dangerous strategy of appeasement to the grave detriment of our national security both here at home and abroad,” said Sen. Britt. “Since President [Joe] Biden took office, Iran has profited nearly $80 billion from oil sales alone, enhancing the ability of the regime in Tehran to fund more terrorism against innocent children, women, and men. The only pathway to peace is through unwavering American strength. I’m glad to see the U.S. House pass this important legislation in a bipartisan manner, and I urge Senator [Chuck] Schumer to bring the Senate version to the floor for consideration with all due haste.”
“Our nation’s foreign adversaries must know they will face consequences for empowering other regimes that are anti-democratic and anti-American,” said Sen. Rubio. “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.”
Intelligence officials widely believe Iran is funding the Hamas war against Israel and is encouraging its proxies in Syria to launch attacks on U.S. troops deployed there.
Katie Britt was elected to the Senate in 20222.
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