Thom Tillis
Role at the time: U.S. senator from North Carolina
Condemned
Statement summary
Tillis says the administration should enforce a law the Senate passed 86-11 and calls the waiver a capitulation to a Russian dictator.
“Beyond irresponsible”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Trump waives Graham Act sanctions; lawmakers respondWhite House statement and congressional-reaction paragraphs
Nicholas Kerr reports the waiver and direct responses from the White House and members of Congress. Some congressional remarks are quoted without their original posting times.
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The reference point is Trump's waiver of the Graham Act's Russia sanctions. Tillis calls the waiver beyond irresponsible and a capitulation to a Russian dictator.