Washington, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), a Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is calling on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to answer for the regional implications of the "Trump Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, and ground U.S. foreign policy toward the Western Hemisphere on the principles of mutual respect and advancement of human rights.
"As Members of Congress, we are asked to accept that this doctrine now governs U.S. policy toward every nation in the Western Hemisphere - yet we still lack the basic information needed to understand what it means in practice, what authorities it assumes, and what human costs this new postu...