Chris Murphy: “I think the consensus here is that there is a vacuum.”

I plan to see for myself the damage to American facilities, hear from our partners in the Gulf about how this war has hurt their security and their economies, and assess our regional counterterrorism efforts.

I’ve been a vocal critic of Saudi Arabia and the Crown Prince. But, I think it’s important to be here to disagree and be honest and candid about those disagreements.

This should be unacceptable to every member of Congress—Republicans and Democrats—and this should be unacceptable to the American public.

This trip confirmed for me that there is an active, unprecedented, unconstitutional effort underway to hide the costs of this war and the implications of this war from Congress and the American people," Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told…