It is reported by RIA Novosti.
It is clarified that the politician expressed the hope that in the near future the Senate will adopt a bill "to establish a new financial mechanism promoting energy independence" of Eastern Europe.
According to him, this scheme will involve the allocation of $ 1 billion.
“It (the bill. - RT ) was passed by the House of Representatives, and I hope it will be passed very soon in the Senate,” Murphy added.
Along with this, he noted that he doubts that the United States will be able to stop the construction of Nord Stream 2.
“I don’t know what the final outcome of Nord Stream 2 will be, but I doubt our ability to stop it, given how far it has come,” he said.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump commented on the situation around the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
In November, Deputy Director General of the National Energy Institute, Alexander Frolov, in an interview with the NSN, praised the statement by US Senator Ted Cruise on the possible imposition of sanctions on companies participating in the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline.