President Trump traveled to Saudi Arabia last month to sign a $110 billion weapons deal with the abusive Saudi government, while the Saudi war in Yemen entered its third year.

This support of Saudi munitions sends the wrong message to the world. It says the US will aid and abet a country that routinely abuses the civil rights of its own citizens, as well as its engagement in a deadly, counterproductive war that has killed over 10,000 Yemeni civilians and left 17 million Yemenis on the verge of starvation.

Congress is taking action to block the transfer of bombs that would likely be used to kill more Yemeni civilians. I ask that our Wisconsin Senators, Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin, sign on to the Murphy-Paul-Franken bill, and that Rep. Mike Gallagher sign on to the Amash-Pocan bill to block the arms deal.

Christine Morrissey,



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