At a briefing held at the State Department, in response to the question from Globalnews.ge, "EU parliament voted to reject openingn EU accession talks with Georgia while the foreign agents law is in place and urged EU to consider sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili. As I have information, in Congress there is a serious discussion on how to react to the actions of the Goergian Government as well. Have you had discussions with Congress on this matter?" State Department First Deputy Spokesman Vedant Patel said he would not comment on consultations that may be taking place in Congress.

"I'm not going to comment on any consultations on Congress. But look, we've spent a number of weeks now talking about this draft law. And I will echo what you've heard me say before, we find the contents of this legislation incredibly troubling. It is akin to the kinds of legislation that we see in the Kremlin and in other countries in the world who have a track record of cracking down on media organizations, cracking down on civil society actors, cracking down on nonprofits. We think this kind of legislation is inconsistent with the EU's unstated goals which is something aspirationally. Georgia itself has stated it's interested in," - Vedant Patel said.

According to our information, Congress is actively discussing the action plan proposed by one of the senators in response to the Georgian government, which has reintroduced the Russian law to parliament and does not seem to be planning to change its stance despite numerous calls from Western partners. The action plan submitted to Congress consists of three parts. The first step involves considering the sanctions on the authors of the Russian law, including the Prime Minister of Georgia. It also includes discussions on increasing assistance to the Georgian people across various social spheres. The third part addresses defining the United State's policy towards the government of Georgia once again. While no public comments have been made in Congress on this issue so far, an informed source tells us that the proposed written plan is supported by several members of Congress.