Senate Republicans sponsor bill to redesignate Yemen's Houthis as terror outfit
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair says a stronger stance on Yemen's Houthi rebels will be part of Trump's renewed maximum pressure campaign against Iran.
WASHINGTON — A group of Republicans in the Senate introduced legislation on Friday that, if passed, would force the US government to redesignate Yemen's Houthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organization.
The legislation, led by chair of the Senate's influential Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Jim Risch (R-Ida.) and head of the Armed Services Committee Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and co-signed by 13 other lawmakers, would also require the incoming administration of Donald Trump to provide Congress with a strategy within 180 days of coming to office on how to degrade the Houthis' military capabilities.
"The Dismantle Iran’s Proxy Act will restore President Trump’s historic decision to designate the Houthis a foreign terrorist organization and impose real costs that will force them to take notice," Risch said in a statement announcing the new bill.
"Under this administration, the US will return to President Trump’s maximum pressure campaign on Iran and safeguard American national security," Risch's statement read.
