Cruz Pushes to Reinstate Sanctions on Russian Pipeline Biden Supports in Exchange for Nominee Approvals

Cruz Pushes to Reinstate Sanctions on Russian Pipeline Biden Supports in Exchange for Nominee Approvals


As President Joe Biden wages war against U.S. pipelines, he has supported the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline being built to export natural gas to Germany. This included lifting Trump era sanctions on the pipeline. 

And now Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is using approving Biden nominees at the State Department and other agencies as leverage to get the administration to reimpose the sanctions given Russia’s continued aggression toward Ukraine — which was passed over for the pipeline’s route depriving the nation of lucrative transit revenues.

Russia has also beefed up it military…

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