Presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio is pushing the Obama administration to take a tougher stance regarding financial network and supporters of Hezbollah, a group founded in Lebanon by the Iranian regime.
Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have introduced legislation that aims to block access to money and logistical support to the group.
According to a report by The Hill, the legislation would give the administration the ability to crack down on foreign banks that knowingly work with Hezbollah or supporters of the group.
It would also requires the administration to identify any Internet and telecommunications companies that knowingly contract with al-Manar, a Hezbollah-affiliated TV station. The administration would have to provide a list to Congress of which companies have been sanctioned, which have not, and the reasoning behind not using sanctions.
Rubio suggested that the legislation “shines a light on the criminal activities Hezballah engages in to finance its operations.”
“[It] ensures that the United States is doing everything in our power to cut off Hizballah’s financial, media and logistical resources wherever they exist,” he added.
