Ro Khanna: “They said, you can't withhold this aid that Congress has appropriated.…”

On the recordNovember 10, 2019

They said, you can't withhold this aid that Congress has appropriated. It's illegal. And yet their warnings went totally unheard.

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Khanna highlights the warnings from career officials about the illegality of withholding aid, which were ignored.

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Ro Khanna: “They said, you can't withhold this aid that Congress has appropriated. It's illegal. And yet their warnings went totally…”