[National Defense Authorization Act]
Sanders: “At this pivotal moment in American history, we have to make a fundamental decision. Do we want to spend billions more on endless wars in the Middle East, or do we want to provide decent jobs to millions of unemployed Americans here at home?”
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Sen. Ed Markey
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS PUSH BICAMERAL GUN SAFETY BILL
[Gun Violence\Control]
Rep. Barbara Lee: “Every day, more and more people across the country are victimized by gun violence…“The fact that – until recently – experts couldn’t even research gun violence because the NRA and gun lobby forbid it is despicable.”
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CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS DECRY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S PROVOCATIVE ASSASSINATION OF IRANIAN GENERAL AT BAGDAD AIRPORT
[Western Asia\Iran]
Senator Tim Kaine: “As I have warned for years, Trump’s decision to tear up a diplomatic deal that was working and resume escalating aggressions with Iran has brought us to the brink of another war in the Middle East…this drastic escalation of hostilities…will increase the threat to American troops, diplomats, and families in the region.”
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BIPARTISAN SENATORS TO SECRETARY OF STATE POMPEO: DIPLOMACY IS CRITICAL IN STOPPING SOUTH SUDAN’S CIVIL WAR
[Africa News\South Sudan]
Bi-partisan Senators on South Sudan to Pompeo: “We share deep frustration with the lack of progress toward a political settlement and the untold levels of human suffering despite over $4.5 billion in U.S. humanitarian aid since the war began. A Special Envoy is needed to engage the region and help coordinate Western donors in pressing both parties to forge a viable path forward leading up to the November deadline and beyond.”
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