As the White House commits to more airstrikes in Yemen and deals with two missing Navy SEALs in the Red Sea, members of Congress are saying President Joe Biden is long overdue for oversight of the United States’ escalating involvement in the Middle East.
“I think we’re being drawn into a regional conflict and the Congress needs to have a say on it,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) told NOTUS.
It’s a rare moment when the White House motivates both progressive and conservative lawmakers to agree, and this one comes as a multinational military force becomes more directly engaged with Yemen’s Houthi rebels.