It is an honor to serve as your U.S. Representative in the 115th Congress. As you may know, Russia, Iran, and North Korea continue to threaten America and our allies throughout the world. I wanted to reach out to provide you with an update on our national security and legislation that has been signed into law and a bill I introduced to address these untrustworthy regimes.

I was proud to support H.R. 3364, the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which was introduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and was passed by the House on July 25, 2017, by a bipartisan vote of 419 – 3, and signed into law by President Trump on August 2, 2017. This bill addresses the failings of past administrations’ policies by sanctioning Russia, Iran, and North Korea for their aggressive actions.  As a member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance, I was pleased that the bill also includes important provisions that enhance the anti-terrorism tools at the Department of the Treasury. 

I was also pleased to recently help craft and be an original cosponsor on H.R. 2820, the Fight Russian Corruption Act, with Reps. Tom Souzzi (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), and Peter Roskam (R-IL), which we introduced on June 7, 2017. If enacted, this bill would establish an office of Anti-Corruption Relating to Illicit Russian Financial Activities in Europe at the U.S. Department of State. This office will analyze Russian financial and corruption networks that operate Europe, relating to investment in real estate, energy, media and infrastructure sectors, and report to Congress on these activities. This bill also authorizes foreign assistance to European counties to help combat corruption, and includes assistance for anti-corruption activities at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

When countries directly threaten our national security and weaken global stability, we take action. These bills demonstrate that America is returning to serve as an engaged world leader that takes action against corruption, gross violations of human rights, support for terrorism, illegal testing of ballistic missiles, and invasion of neighboring counties.

Sincerely,

Representative French Hill