Gregory Meeks: “We, in the United States Congress, are concerned with the democratic progress in Turkey.”

It is unacceptable that, a week after the strike, Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee have yet to be briefed by the administration on this use of force despite the Committee’s clear jurisdiction.

The rushing of the sale is part and parcel of the administration’s utter disregard for Congress as a co-equal branch of government.

That money had already been appropriated, things were already in action, and so I think the Supreme Court ruled the right way, and now the administration needs to unfreeze them and allow those contractors and the work to be done.

We welcome reforms where needed, but they must be done with a scalpel, not a chain saw.