Lawmakers advance legislation to go further than Biden administration in punishing Saudi Arabia for Khashoggi murder

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Washington (CNN)A House committee on Thursday two bills taking aim at Saudi Arabia in the wake of last month's intelligence report implicating the country's crown prince in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi following widespread criticism that the Biden administration didn't punish the kingdom harshly enough.
Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia -- where Khashoggi was living when he was killed -- introduced the Saudi Dissidents Protection Act with the support of Republican Rep. Michael McCaul from Texas, raising the prospects for legislation that a Democratic aide described as "a significant and punitive rebuke of Saudi's behavior."
"That would the first bipartisan action that Congress has taken on really putting some punitive measures on Saudi Arabia," the aide said.


"Jamal Khashoggi was my constituent. His brutal murder must not be forgotten, and there has to be justice. This bill will be a vehicle for moving us toward eventual justice," Connolly said Thursday.

 
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