[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 180 (Wednesday, November 14, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H9514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               YEMEN RULE

  (Ms. GABBARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Speaker, last night, House Republicans on the Rules 
Committee voted to undermine our democracy by blocking the American 
people and Members of Congress from having a debate and the ability to 
vote on a bill that would end U.S. support for Saudi Arabia's genocidal 
war in Yemen: a war that has created the world's worst humanitarian 
disaster in generations, leaving 22 million people in dire need of 
humanitarian aid, tens of thousands of civilians killed, and many more 
vulnerable to mass starvation, famine, and cholera outbreaks.
  Don't be fooled. If Congress and this administration truly were 
concerned about the plight of the Yemeni people and peace, all U.S. 
support for Saudi Arabia's atrocities would end now.
  Instead, last night, on the Rules Committee, Republicans voted to 
shut down debate to prevent a vote that would end U.S. support for 
Saudi Arabia in Yemen.
  Later today, Congress has the opportunity to do the right thing. We 
are faced with a choice.
  I urge my colleagues to vote no on House Resolution 1142 so that 
Congress can fulfill our constitutional role, debate, and vote on this 
critical issue. It is long overdue that we end U.S. complicity in Saudi 
Arabia's atrocities. We must end all U.S. support for Saudi Arabia's 
genocidal war in Yemen now.

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