"3/ But Senate Republicans watered down our bill by removing language giving additional flexibility to go after those who plan & carry out "serious human rights abuses."They cut provisions encouraging prosecution of those sanctioned & expanding which victims are covered."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from James McGovern:
"Today the House & Senate finalized a bill to revoke normal trade relations with Russia & hold Putin accountable for the war in Ukraine.I proudly voted yes. Yet the bill could have been stronger. What happened? The Senate GOP worked to water down our human rights language."Read on Twitter
"2/ The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act passed in 2016 & has been used to go after human rights abusers around the world (full disclosure: I helped write & pass it).It expires this year, so we had to extend itwhich we did in the bill that passed today. Great!"Read on Twitter
"Democrats are fighting to lower the cost of insulin to $35 a month for Americans with diabetes.Republicans are celebrating Hitler's birthday.That's the difference. twitter.com/KlasfeldReport" on April 7Read on Twitter
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