Chris Murphy: “The biggest specter that haunts the folks that ends up making this dangerous journey tends to be gun violence in places…”

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.

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.

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

It’s important for the Crown Prince to hear not just from the Trump Administration, but from people who want a different path.