To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate
@HouseForeign, @HFACDemocrats: Hold a hearing on Trump's Saudi arms deal
Just Foreign Policy
Demand that the House Foreign Affairs Services Committee hold a hearing on Trump's Saudi arms deal.
Why is this important?
Senators Rand Paul, Chris Murphy, and Al Franken have introduced a resolution in the Senate against Trump's Saudi arms deal. [1] Representatives Justin Amash and Mark Pocan have introduced a companion resolution in the House against the Saudi arms deal. [2] Under the Arms Export Control Act, the Senate resolution against the Saudi arms deal is guaranteed a floor vote. But the House resolution against the Saudi arms deal is not guaranteed a floor vote. The House resolution against the Saudi arms deal could be buried by the House Foreign Affairs Committee [HFAC] and never receive a floor vote.
On May 25, Rep. Ted Lieu and Rep. Ted Yoho sent a letter to HFAC Chairman Ed Royce calling for a full committee hearing to review the Trump Administration’s proposed sale of precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia. The letter noted that the Trump Administration had yet to provide information related to the Saudi Air Force’s capacity to avoid civilian casualties and attacks on civilian targets in its airstrikes in Yemen which was requested by 31 Members of Congress, including members of the Committee, in a letter on April 6, 2017. The Obama Administration suspended the sale in December 2016 following repeated Saudi airstrikes on civilian targets. [3]
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References:
1. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/42
2. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/102
3. https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reps-lieu-and-yoho-call-foreign-affairs-committee-review-arms-sales
On May 25, Rep. Ted Lieu and Rep. Ted Yoho sent a letter to HFAC Chairman Ed Royce calling for a full committee hearing to review the Trump Administration’s proposed sale of precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia. The letter noted that the Trump Administration had yet to provide information related to the Saudi Air Force’s capacity to avoid civilian casualties and attacks on civilian targets in its airstrikes in Yemen which was requested by 31 Members of Congress, including members of the Committee, in a letter on April 6, 2017. The Obama Administration suspended the sale in December 2016 following repeated Saudi airstrikes on civilian targets. [3]
Add your voice to the demand that HFAC hold a hearing on Trump's Saudi arms deal by signing our petition.
References:
1. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/42
2. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/102
3. https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reps-lieu-and-yoho-call-foreign-affairs-committee-review-arms-sales