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US lawmaker looks to block first major Saudi arms deal under Biden
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WASHINGTON, 13 November 2021, (TON): Democratic US Representative Ilhan Omar filed legislation seeking to block the sale of $650 million air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia, the first major arms sale to the kingdom during President Joe Biden's administration.
Omar said “she filed the measure, known as a joint resolution of disapproval, because of Saudi Arabia's role in Yemen's civil war, considered one of the world's war humanitarian disasters, and its human rights record.”
The Biden administration announced on Nov 4 that it had approved the sale of missiles valued at up to $650 million.
Raytheon Technologies makes the missiles.
Omar said in a statement "we certainly should not be doing so in the midst of a humanitarian crisis they are responsible for. Congress has the authority to stop these sales, and we must exercise that power.”
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