House Democrats on Friday introduced resolutions opposing the Trump administration’s sale of millions of dollars of precision-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia.
Representative. Gregory Meeks
Gregory Weldon Meeks Confidence among parliamentarians is at an all-time low after the Capitol riots. Lawmakers are pushing back the late name of Trump’s terror for the Youth House Foreign Affairs Committee in Houthis. Democrats support Trump’s accusation MORE (DN.Y.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has introduced measures expressing opposition to the sale of the kingdom’s role in the brutal civil war in Yemen, which sparked the worst humanitarian crisis in modern history.
“There is no justification for the Trump administration’s decision to rush through the sale of thousands of bombs to Saudi Arabia – especially after the” emergency “sale of 60,000 rounds of ammunition last year,” Meeks said in a statement. referring to the 2019 “emergency” weapons sale to Saudis whose Democrats claim to have bypassed congressional oversight.
“Yemen has already been described by the UN as the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world and this crisis is exacerbated when weapons sold by the United States are used recklessly, costing the lives of civilians,” he added. “I strongly support the Biden’s commitment to a thorough policy review.”
The disapproval resolutions were co-sponsored by representatives of Gerald Connolly (D-Va.), Ted Deutch
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The Trump administration most recently approved a $ 290 million sale to Riyadh for 3,000 Boeing GBU-39 Small Diameter I (SDB I) ammunition and related equipment. The approval was followed by another green light for Raytheon to sell Saudi Arabia 7,500 of its “smart” Paveway air-to-ground bombs directly for an estimated $ 478 million.
The government’s December 29 $ 290 million sale opinion began a 30-day countdown, during which lawmakers can block the sale if they wish, setting a deadline in the early days of the future Biden administration. President-elect Joe Biden
Joe Biden The confirmation hearing for Biden’s DNI election has postponed Sunday’s rehearsal of Biden’s postponement for security reasons: the Murkowski report says it would be “appropriate” to ban Trump from taking office again. he said he would get an overview of Washington’s relationship with Riyadh, which was under control.
Arms sales to Saudi Arabia, in particular, have been a point of contention between the White House and parliamentarians on both sides, who have been increasingly strong in their opposition to Riyadh’s armament.
Thousands of civilians were killed in the Yemeni civil war, which is largely waged by Saudi Arabia and its empowered forces against Houthi rebels, and lawmakers remain dissatisfied with the 2018 Saudi-sanctioned killing of US journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey.
However, President Trump
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