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Gregory Meeks: “Maybe the gentleman from the National Security Subcommittee can tell me, since the chairman can't, why the President of…”

On the recordDecember 17, 2025
Maybe the gentleman from the National Security Subcommittee can tell me, since the chairman can't, why the President of the United States pardoned a narcoterrorist and the former President of Honduras. Maybe he can tell me why. I am trying to get an answer. Nothing? Walking out? Does he have an answer for me? Why would the President of the United States pardon a convicted drug dealer, over 400 million tons, killing Americans? I got nothing.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Questioning the rationale behind presidential pardons during a House floor debate.

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