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Chris Murphy: “The Senate has independent responsibility to uphold and…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Senator Chris Murphy's Speech on Alleged Corruption in Trump Administration's Foreign Policy Deals with Qatar and UAE

Published | Video Starts at 12:07

And we cannot normalize it just because he is doing it out in the open in public. The Senate, the Senate, which is given the responsibility by the Constitution to be a co equal branch with The Senate has independent responsibility to uphold and protect the Constitution, to set American foreign policy. We cannot pretend this is not happening. We cannot look the other way while the entire moral foundation of our foreign policy is being shattered. (12:07–12:15)

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Asserts that the Senate has a constitutional duty to set foreign policy.

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