We are dealing here with one of the most repressive autocracies on the planet.
I have frequently said how over-classification, excessive secrecy is damaging to the public interest.
We do America a disservice if we do not evaluate it accordingly, especially given that censorship and the silencing of dissidents is part of...
the record will reflect that at least two of the witnesses are nodding in approval about greater transparency from our own government.
They are looking to the public's impression of the Saudi brand, correct?
Given the terrible human rights record of Saudi, which we have been discussing and as well, of course, MBS himself, which are overseeing the...
There has been a reference here to a number of acronyms, FARA, CFIUS. The requirements of CFIUS apply to national security threats.
I would hate to see that this Administration stands by and allows ethnic cleansing to take place on their watch and under their eye.
I think it underscores the importance of the ultimate goal which is to break the United States and Europe free of dependence on oil and gas,...
I think you have to put all possible tools on the table because gentle diplomacy does not seem to be working.
Listen, I--right, but our alternative is turning from dependence on one dictatorship to a different dictatorship and the question now become...
People are dying. I do not know how many more have to die.
The parallel has been drawn to China and Russia.
The idea is that when a foreign government, and not just the government, but as we have talked about, if it is an instrumentality of the gov...
The Saudi government must take responsibility for its role, and our own government must be transparent about what actually happened.
This meeting of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) is called to order.
This is a tactic that we have seen the Saudi influence operation used post Khashoggi.
