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Stop U.S. Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

Floor Speech

Date: Jan. 17, 2019
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Defense Foreign Affairs

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Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I am proud to introduce, today, H.R. 643, a bipartisan bill to stop all U.S. arms sales and military aid to Saudi Arabia.

Madam Speaker, it has been over 100 days since the Government of Saudi Arabia brutally murdered journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khoshoggi at the Saudi consulate in Turkey.

The Senate unanimously condemned the Saudi Government for this heinous crime, but the House has yet to do so. It is past time that the House clearly and unambiguously declares that there is a price to pay for such barbarity. Let it begin by ending all U.S. arms sales and military aid to the Saudi Government.

I urge all my colleagues to join me and cosponsor H.R. 643.

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