Posted on 07/10/2019 3:37:41 PM PDT by Innovative
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz had a simple message for the Trump administration during Wednesday's hearing on foreign arms sales: "Follow the damn law."
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been critical of the administration's decision to declare an emergency earlier this year in order to expedite billions of dollars in arms sales to various countries -- including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates -- but Cruz's particularly blunt warning about efforts to bypass Congress stands out due to his reputation as a polarizing figure on Capitol Hill.
Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware, noted that Cruz's comments marked a "rare moment of bipartisanship on this committee."
"I want to compliment you, Assistant Secretary Cooper, on managing to achieve a rare moment of bipartisanship on this committee. I will tell you it is not often that my colleague from Texas and I agree completely on a matter," he said.
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I would say that is your opinion.
Guns sold to Saudi Arabia will be used for jihad in Africa.
Actually Saudi is fighting the jihadists. Iran is the one supporting them.
The cartels control a smuggling route from Columbia to Alaska. Do you think that makes our government complicit?
AQ and ISIS are Sunni groups. Iran is spilling blood to kill ISIS in Syria.
Flynn is on the record acknowledging the US decided to look the other way while the Gulf Monarchies created ISIS in the hopes of ousting Assad.
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