[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 196 (Thursday, November 20, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H4854]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REMEMBERING JAMAL KHASHOGGI

  (Mr. RASKIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington 
this week has been a disgrace to American democracy.
  The President of the United States scolded a reporter as 
insubordinate and then tried to explain away bin Salman's central role 
in the grisly murder of Jamal Khashoggi, The Washington Post 
journalist, who was ambushed in Istanbul, strangled, drawn and 
quartered, and dismembered by bin Salman's 15-member security detail, 
according to U.S. intelligence.
  Mr. Speaker, our Constitution overthrew kings. It opposes cruel and 
unusual punishment. It bans titles of nobility, and yet the President's 
foolish actions will embolden vicious monarchs, autocrats, and 
theocrats all over the world.
  This warm welcome dishonors the Constitution and the American people. 
We must be doing a lot better than this.

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