[Philippines\Travel Ban]
Senator Markey: “President Duterte is sorely mistaken if he thinks he can silence my voice and that of my colleagues. He has already failed to silence Senator De Lima, Maria Ressa, and others in his country who have spoken truth to power. I stand with the people of the Philippines and with my state’s vibrant Filipino-American community.”
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT DUTERTE ANNOUNCES TRAVEL BAN ON MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESSMAN MARKEY
U.S. SENATE DEMOCRATS ASK POMPEO TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM TRUMP IMPEACHMENT UKRAINE SCANDAL
[House Impeachment Inquiry\Pompeo]
Senate Democrats on Foreign Intelligence Committee: “ We now know, according to today’s testimony from Ambassador Gordon Sondland, that you were fully aware of President Trump’s scheme to withhold urgently needed security assistance to Ukraine for his personal and political gain…The only legitimate option is for you to recuse and to delegate the Department’s response to the Trump-Ukraine scandal to a senior career Department official. We urge you to do so immediately.”
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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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CONGRESSIONAL SENATORS ASK TRUMP TO APPOINT AMBASSADOR TO SUDAN
[Africa News\Sudan]
“A new prime minister, Abdalla Hamdock has been charged with leading the country through a three-year transitional period. While these are encouraging signals, the toughest challenges lie ahead. Sudan faces crushing debt, sanctions, and a worsening economic environment. Meanwhile, hardliners within the security services, and in particular the RSF have deeply entrenched interests and could serve as spoilers for a transition to civilian rule. That is why this nascent transition requires U.S. support.”
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NEW JERSEY SENATOR MENENDEZ QUESTIONS POMPEO’S AND GIULIANI’S ROLE IN TRUMP’S EXTORTION CAMPAIGN ON UKRAINE
[Trump Impeachment News]
Senator Menendez: “In his call with President Zelensky, the President repeatedly encouraged a foreign leader to speak with his private personal attorney. Not a government official, not a diplomat, not a representative of the State Department. His personal attorney. As Secretary of State, you are charged with carrying out foreign policy for the United States. Yet it appears that our policy with Ukraine was effectively outsourced to a private individual pursuing the personal vendettas of the President.”
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DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO STOP TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM BEING USED TO ENRICH TRUMP
[Trump White House]
Senator Menendez: “Continuing reports that government officials have been staying at Trump properties are deeply alarming and raise serious concerns that Donald Trump is profiting off of the presidency. The American people expect their hard-earned taxpayer dollars will be used in supporting health care, quality education, safe roads and rails, and a strong national defense—not line the pockets of the president or any government official.”
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