Linked statement

“I want to publish some arms sale notifications. We need to give the notifications to Congress before we can sell the weapons. Congress has 30 days to review them. We are selling weapons to Saudi Arabia. Senators can see more information in room SD-423.”

“By law, the government must tell Congress before it sells certain weapons to other countries. I am adding a notice to the official record about a planned weapons sale to Saudi Arabia so all senators can review it.”

“Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may be reviewed. The provision stipulates that, in the Senate, the notification of proposed sales shall be sent to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In keeping with the committee's intention to see that relevant information is still available to the full Senate, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the notifications that have been received. If the cover letter references a classified annex, then such an annex is available to all Senators in the office of the Foreign Relations Committee, room SD-423. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia--Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System-II”