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Jim McGovern: “Mr. Speaker, you know, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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Trump is Sleepwalking America into a WAR with Venezuela

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Done in terms of what is the factual predicate for this war that Donald Trump wants to plunge us into. I yield back. The gentleman yields back. The gentleman from New York reserves. The gentleman from Massachusetts recognizes. Mr. Speaker, you know, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee has said some strange things today about, you know, how you interpret photographs and if people are shaking hands or whatever, but somehow if your arm is around somebody, that means that you're dear friends. And I'm just looking at this photo of Donald Trump with his arm around Jeffrey Epstein. By your standards, they must be in love. But, you know, this debate is not about the gentleman's personal weird code on touching. This is about war. And that's what we're here to talk about and quite frankly deserves a more serious treatment from the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. I now would like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from Texas, one of the co sponsors of this resolution. Mr. Castro, gentleman from Texas is recognized for three minutes. (00:00–32:30)

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Criticizes the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee for making light of serious issues related to war.

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