WASHINGTON – The Congressional Ukraine Caucus (CUC) Co-Chairs Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Andy Harris (R-Md.), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), in addition to caucus member Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas), on June 8 sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing concern regarding Russia’s efforts to circumvent Congress­ional sanctions on Nord Stream 2, and urging Mr. Pompeo to urgently apply sanctions on Russian entities STIF and MRTS and any other firms should they engage in pipelaying or provide technical support, as mandated under section 7503 of the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019 (National Defense Authori­zation Act of 2020; PL. 116-92; 22 U.S.C. 9526 note).

A copy of the letter was also sent to Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin.