Sanders Opposes Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia, Calls on Trump to Obey Constitution
June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019
WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release:
"The Trump administration's attempt to do an end-run around Congressional disapproval in order to transfer weapons to the Saudi and Emirati regimes is a violation of the law, and an affront to the Constitutional order.
"Repeatedly, we see this president using phony 'emergency' declarations to sidestep the law to get what he wants. The fact that he is transf . . .
"The Trump administration's attempt to do an end-run around Congressional disapproval in order to transfer weapons to the Saudi and Emirati regimes is a violation of the law, and an affront to the Constitutional order.
"Repeatedly, we see this president using phony 'emergency' declarations to sidestep the law to get what he wants. The fact that he is transf . . .