WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nineteen members of Congress published a letter criticizing Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin for omitting Hamas from the list of named terrorist groups whose financing Qatar has agreed to combat.
The letter was authored by Reps. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and signed by 19 members of Congress.
The congressional letter, dated November 20, notes, “We are deeply concerned that the joint statement omitted any mention of Hamas, a heinous terrorist network responsible for the murders of innocent American and Israeli citizens, which has been designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the State Department since 1997.”
On October 30, Secretary Mnuchin ended a weeklong trip to the Middle East with a meeting with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, to discuss Qatar’s steps towards stopping the flow of money to Islamic terrorist organizations.
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