in my view, the sanctions should also together rosoboron export. this is a state-owned dealer that has been supplying the assad in syria with weapons and it's become the grand central station of corruption. the pentagon, the u.s. pentagon has inexplicably been buying mi-17 helicopters from rosoboron export to supply the afghan military, despite numerous alternatives. now, i'm happy to report that the senior senator from indiana, senator coats, has introduced an amendment that would terminate these contracts and prohibit all business dealings with companies that cooperate with rosoboron export, and i'm a proud cosponsor of that amendment, and i hope the majority leader, as senator mcconnell, the republican leader, implored this morning will allow an open amendment process so that reasonable amendments designed to improve this bill will be allowed to be voted on. as america responds to vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine, sanctions will remain a critically important tool, but sanctions alone are not enough. they should be accompanied by at least thr

government contracts with rosoboron export and push the companies with wi whom it does military-related business. and i would hope that senator reid would reconsider and allow that amendment to receive a vote, something he refused to do yesterday but i'm hoping after a good night's sleep and reconsideration maybe he would be open to that. i also call on the majority leader, senator reid, to allow us to offer another amendment introduced by the junior senator from wyoming, which would greatly expand american exports of liquefied natural gas by granting automatic approval to all applications for new l.n.g. terminals that would ship gas to the ukraine and other members of our neigh a lines. now, you may wonder why is that necessary? just to recapitulate, putin uses energy as a weapon and if he's not getting what he wants out of ukraine or europe, he squeezes off the supply of energy, which is essential to the economy and to life itself in those vulnerable parts of the world. and so we have been blessed as a result of the innovations of the people like george mitchell with this new renaissa

many here have repeatedly called on the administration to stop all cooperation with rosoboron export for this reason. we now have a new, broader reason for ending all cooperation with this export agency of russia. to take steps to meaningfully obstruct that ages work and the income it provides the russian state will become among the most effective ways we have of demonstrating our condemnation of russian action by force of arms. let me briefly explain my amendment. it does three things. first, it prohibits the united states government from doing any business with this russian agency by prohibiting future contracts and canceling past contracts. it is true that the recent national defense authorization act, which i supported, also includes similar language, but that section -- that act includes a waiver authority and another work-around provision that the defense department has been using in order to buy russian helicopters for afghanistan. this practice has met with objection, www.objectionabl wasn it began, became more objectionable. and now based on what they've done in crimea, it s

many here have repeatedly called on the administration to stop all cooperation with rosoboron export for this reason. we now have a new broader reason for ending all cooperation with this export agency of russia. to take steps to meaningfully obstruct that ages work and the income it provides the russian state will become among the most effective ways we have of demonstrating our condemnation of russian action by force of arms. let me briefly explain my amendment. it does three things. first, it prohibits the united states government from doing any business with this russian agency by prohibiting future contracts and canceling past contracts. it is true that the recent national defense authorization act, which i supported also includes similar language, but that section -- that act includes a waiver authority and another work-around provision that the defense department has been using in order to buy russian helicopters for afghanistan. this practice has met with objection, www.objectionable was objectionable when it began became more objectionable. and now based on what they've done