Florida Senators Rick Scott (R) and Marco Rubio (R) joined Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton (R), Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty (R) and Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy (R) in an effort to sanction a tobacco company. The Republicans directed a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, calling on the Biden Administration to sanction Tobacco International Holdings (TIH). The Switzerland-registered business has alleged ties to Mexico’s Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG). The lawmakers call on the Biden Administration to sanction the company, its principals, and its subsidiaries and affiliate companies because of the company’s “publicly reported affiliation” with the cartel. In the lette... [Read more]