Facing a potential standoff over Senate testimony, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) reiterated in a letter Wednesday that he expects the head of Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund to appear before Congress and answer questions about its proposed partnership with the PGA Tour.
, the governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, has so far declined to testify before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Blumenthal, the subcommittee’s chair, warned Wednesday that “will be forced to consider other legal methods to compel PIF’s compliance,” if Al-Rumayyan refuses to attend a proposed Sept. 13 hearing on Capitol Hill.
Al-Rumayyan was originally invited to testify at the subcommittee’s July 11 hearing but did not attend, citing scheduling conflicts. Only PGA Tour officials were able to meet with lawmakers to discuss the controversial alliance. Blumenthal sent another invitation on July 27, again asking for al-Rumayyan to appear in Washington. But in a response dated Aug.
“PIF is a commercial entity with extensive business dealings in the United States,” Blumenthal wrote in his letter. “PIF’s recent dealings with the PGA Tour demonstrate that it intends to be much more than a passive investor in the American enterprises in which it houses its considerable wealth.”The PIF has also taken issue with some of the subcommittee’s records requests, saying in the Aug.
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