The Biden administration’s grant of a sanctions waiver for an energy project linked to Russian leader Vladimir Putin drew bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill.

Lawmakers are concerned that a mandatory State Department report to Congress on Wednesday, obtained by the Washington Examiner, includes a provision waiving sanctions on the Kremlin-backed corporate entity and CEO overseeing the construction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline into Germany.

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