Ruben Gallego: “The White House [is required] to notify Congress before…”

“What this administration did was not just wrong, it was illegal. In 2017, Congress passed the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions act, signed by Trump himself, requiring The White House [is required] to notify Congress before making any significant change to US Policy towards Russia. We passed that law because we understood that decisions of this magnitude, decisions that touch our national security and affect the safety of our troops, require transparency and accountability.” (00:31–02:53)

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