Bill Keating actually said...

the way the administration is proposing this drawdown is precipitous and it is disagreed with, I think, by virtually everyone that has spoke...

My concern is that Congress was not notified in as timely a fashion to those changes.

Several bills today also focus on those imprisoned, poisoned, or killed supporting democracy and speaking out against authoritarianism.

Thank you for your decades of leadership and commitment here in Congress where you have worked so hard to preserve democracy.