Eliot Engel actually said...

It is not an excuse to cut Congress out of the picture. It is not an excuse to say we know better and, therefore, Congress is superfluous or irrelevant.

Context

Engel criticizes the administration for excluding Congress from the arms transfer process.

06/11/2019

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