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.
Gregory Meeks: “Maybe the gentleman from the National Security Subcommittee can tell me, since the chairman can't, why the President of…”
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Questioning the rationale behind presidential pardons during a House floor debate.
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