The suspension of U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia could benefit both Russia and China, member of the House of Representatives Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

He said that while the U.S. has a strained relationship with Saudi Arabia, freezing the arms deal would create uncertainty between the two countries.

"You will see Saudi Arabia turn more and more to Russia and China. And how does that play out in terms of meeting our interests?" Smith said in an interview with CNN. "So it’s a lot more complicated than just saying, you know, we don’t like Saudi Arabia, and therefore we’re cutting it off."

Smith also said the U.S. should put more pressure on Saudi Arabia on issues such as human rights abuses, adding that suspending arms sales would allow Saudi Arabia to establish closer relations with Russia and China.

"“I think Putin would potentially have a closer ally in the fight against Ukraine. China would have greater entrée to the Middle East. And there would be significant challenges there. And after all of that, would Saudi Arabia be a better global actor?"

Earlier in the day, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal and House Member Ro Khanna (Calif.) introduced a bill Tuesday that would suspend all U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia for one year.

The lawmakers' proposed bill was a response to OPEC+'s decision to cut oil production by 2 million bpd.

Recently, Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also called on the U.S. to freeze cooperation with Saudi Arabia, saying that the country's decision to cut oil production greatly benefited Russia.