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On the recordJune 11, 2019
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.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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

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