On Friday, House Democrats tabled resolutions opposing the Trump administration’s sale of millions of dollars worth of precision guided bombs to Saudi Arabia.
Rep. Gregory Meeks
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“There is no justification for the Trump administration’s decision to hasten the sale of thousands of bombs to Saudi Arabia – especially after the false ’emergency’ sale of 60,000 ammunition last year,” Meeks said in a statement, referring to 2019 “emergency” weapons sold to Saudis that Democrats claim to circumvent Congressional oversight.
“Yemen has already been described by the UN as the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world, and this crisis is aggravated when weapons sold by the United States are being used recklessly, costing the lives of civilians,” he added. “I strongly support the future Biden administration’s promise to conduct a thorough political review.
Disapproval resolutions were co-sponsored by Reps. Gerald Connolly (D-Va.), Ted Deutch
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The Trump administration most recently approved a $ 290 million sale to Riyadh of 3,000 GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb I (SDB I) ammunition manufactured by Boeing and related equipment. The approval followed another green light for Raytheon to sell 7,500 of its Paveway “smart” air-to-ground pumps directly to Saudi Arabia for an estimated $ 478 million.
The government’s December 29 warning of the $ 290 million sale initiated a 30-day countdown during which lawmakers can block the sale if they wish, setting the deadline in the first days of the next Biden government. President-elect Joe Biden
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The sale of arms to Saudi Arabia in particular has been a point of contention between the White House and legislators from both parties, who have been increasingly strong in their opposition to arming Riyadh.
Thousands of civilians were killed in the Yemen civil war, which is being fought largely by Saudi Arabia and its proxy forces against the Houthi rebels, and lawmakers remain unhappy with the death of Saudi-sanctioned US journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in 2018 in Turkey.
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