House Passes $850BN Defense Bill, Adding Restriction On Saudi Arms Sales
Lawmakers in the House attached hundreds of amendments to the NDAA, including some that could restrict arms sales if they make it to the final version.
Two amendments aimed at limiting arms sales to Saudi Arabia were added to the bill. One, offered by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), would prohibit the sale of what would be considered “offensive” to Saudi Arabia over Riyadh’s harsh treatment of dissidents.
The other Saudi amendment, offered by Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Ro Khanna (D-CA), would require an investigation into the use of US-provided arms by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. The coalition is notorious for hitting civilian targets with US-made weapons. According to Amnesty International, the coalition used a US-made precision-guided munition to bomb a migrant detention center in January, which killed at least 91 civilians.
President Biden is due to visit Saudi Arabia this weekend as his administration is reportedly considering expanding arms sales to the Kingdom.
Another amendment would block the sale of 40 F-16s to Turkey unless the president got assurances they wouldn’t be used to violate Greek airspace. The Biden administration came out in favor of the F-16 deal after Ankara lifted its objection to Finland and Sweden joining NATO.
Another amendment would require the repeal of the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), which was used for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But the 2001 AUMF that is still used to justify the US military presence in Iraq, Syria, Somalia, and Yemen would remain.
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“This is barbaric!” – Ted Cruz reveals why illegals coming to the border wear colored wristbands
Ted Cruz was at the border last night and revealed why illegals who are coming to the border are wearing different colored wristbands.
Watch below:
short, the colored wristbands represent their debt to the cartels which they are forced to pay back, either by working for the cartel if you are a male or being forced into sex slavery if you are female. Cruz says this happens in every city in America.
Here’s more that Cruz had to say:
“This is not compassion. This is not humane. This is barbaric. And Joe Biden could stop it.
We’re a year and a half into the Biden presidency and Joe Biden cannot be bothered to drag his ass down here to the border. Kamala Harris cannot be bothered – she’s supposedly the border czar – to come to the Rio Grande Valley. They can’t even look at the lives they are destroying. This chaos is horrific. It’s wrong.”