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The voters aren't stupid. They vote for me every two years because they know I care about them, i work hard for them, I produce for them, and I vote the way they would like for me to vote. And I've been very, very effective.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I have learned that there may be another reason for Mr. Linick's firing. His office was investigating - at my request - Trump's phony declaration of an emergency so he could send weapons to Saudi Arabia.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
But, certainly, cutting the WHO's funding while the world confronts the COVID-19 tragedy is not the answer.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There's a reason the Obama administration and The Trump administration, at least before this point, never made such audacious legal claims. The assertion that Congress has authorized the executive branch to use force against Iran is unsound. A bipartisan majority of both houses of Congress have rejected that view in just the past few weeks through congressional findings, the administration's position is dangerous. It holds Iran directly responsible for abuses committed by armed groups under a new-fangled theory that United States would not want to see applied to our support for armed forces including the Saudi bombing campaign in Yemen and the Syrian Kurdish forces' treatment of detainees.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
To avoid having to justify its actions to Congress, The Trump administration falsely claims Congress had already authorized the strike under the 2002 Iraq war resolution. This legal theory is absurd, the 2002 authorization was passed to deal with Saddam Hussein. This law had nothing to do with Iran or Iranian government officials in Iraq. To suggest that 18 years later this authorization could justify killing an Iranian official stretches the law far beyond anything Congress ever intended.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
This official report directly contradicts the President's false assertion that he attacked Iran to prevent an imminent attack against the United States, this spurious, after-the-fact explanation won't do.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
This spurious, after-the-fact explanation won't do. We need answers and testimony, so I look forward to Secretary (of State Mike) Pompeo testifying before the committee at an open Feb. 28 hearing on Iran and Iraq policy, including the Soleimani strike and war powers.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
While I would have preferred to hear from Ambassador Khalilzad in an open setting, I'm glad our members will have this long overdue opportunity to press for answers on the peace plan, it shouldn't have taken a subpoena to get the State Department to work with this committee and allow us to perform our oversight duties.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The President veto sends a grim message that America's foreign policy is no longer rooted in our core values -- namely a respect for human rights -- and that The President views Congress not as a coequal branch of government, but an irritant to be avoided or ignored, worse still, The President veto is going to cost innocent lives. These weapons are going to continue fueling a reckless and brutal campaign of violence and exacerbating the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We're cutting off our nose to spite our face. The very things (Trump's) complaining about, will make it tougher for us to do.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Excellent meeting with President @lopezobrador_ on importance of U.S.-#Mexico relationship. I emphasized need to partner in assisting Central America.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
This budget ... signals to the world that the Trump foreign policy is one of disengagement.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I welcome debate in Congress based on the merits of policy, but it's unacceptable and deeply offensive to call into question the loyalty of fellow American citizens because of their political views, including support for the US-Israel relationship, we all take the same oath. Worse, Representative Omar comments leveled that charge by invoking a vile anti-Semitic slur.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
It can no longer be business as usual. We need to push for a real change in Saudi behavior.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
We'll probably come back at a future date, with much more danger to our troops.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I'm not keeping anything under wraps, i couldn't care less. I mean, Fox News's so ridiculous. These people make Fox News up.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
We all know that the Russians interfered in our 2016 election, we know they interfered to try to help President Trump win. And since that time, there have been meetings between Putin and President Trump and we don't know what went on... You just scratch your head and say,' What is it ? Why is it that the President of the United States seems to go against our allies like the UK or Germany or France and cozy up to Putin ?' It makes no sense whatsoever.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
He couldn't just go along with it, how can you continue to work for an administration whose foreign policy is not something that you believe ? ... How can you keep working for a boss whose policies you don't believe in ?
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Fortunately, Congress -- not the President -- has the power of the purse, and my colleagues and I will not stand idly by as this Administration ignores congressional intent.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
This decision is long overdue and helps correct a decades-long indignity.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
President Trump's decision to welcome the Philippines’ leader to Washington at a time when thousands of Filipinos are being slaughtered in the streets—at President Duterte’s direction—calls into question long held American policy of promoting human rights and the rule of law.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Under no circumstances, in my opinion, is the Obama administration simply opening the gate and releasing dangerous terrorists onto the street.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I don't want to vote 62 or 63 times on killing the Iran agreement.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Our desire not to upset Beijing shouldn't come at the expense of Taiwan's security.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It is the largest state sponsor of terror in the world and continues to hold American citizens behind bars on bogus charges.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The answers I've received simply don't convince me that this deal will keep a nuclear weapon out of Iran's hands, and may in fact strengthen Iran's position as a destabilizing and destructive influence across the Middle East.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The answers I’ve received simply don’t convince me that this deal will keep a nuclear weapon out of Iran’s hands, and may in fact strengthen Iran’s position as a destabilizing and destructive influence across the Middle East.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There'll be a lot of pressure on Democrats to support the president.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Of course I'm concerned, oPIC and Ex-Im have always been Republican priorities, and now they've done a flip. It's the private sector supporting U.S. foreign policy with its own funds, which is everything that conservatives should want.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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