!["Congress doesn't have to wait for the president to fulfill his duty," Sen. Chris Murphy, Connecticut Democrat, said Sunday. "We can just make a determination ourselves that [Saudi Crown Prince] Mohammad bin Salman ordered these murders and there should be some kind of penalty and repercussions for that." (Associated Press)](https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2018/12/17/AP_18332679219927_c0-0-5203-3032_s326x190.jpg?572fbe322fc3c860292a5b960587723454f9ca7d)
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"Congress needs to change how we do business with the Kingdom. The process we are setting in motion will allow Congress to weigh in on the totality of our security relationship with Saudi Arabia, not just one arms sale, and restore Congress's role in foreign policy making," Murphy said in a statement.
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Menendez and Murphy said they would challenge the decision but it was not immediately clear how they might do that.
