American Herald Tribune- In an op-ed for�FoxNews.com, Paul said lawmakers and their constituents should have a say in the arms deal.

"In 2016, Congress overwhelmingly voted to allow the family members of those killed in the 9/11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia. So why, less than a year later, are we agreeing to sell Saudi Arabia billions of dollars in arms to further escalate a war that has been loudly and repeatedly condemned internationally?"�Paul wrote.

The senator also cited Saudi Arabia�s continued military campaign in Yemen as a reason to oppose the arms sale.

�Already, U.S. military assistance through intelligence, refueling missions, and the sale of major U.S. defense equipment has not abated the humanitarian crisis in Yemen,� Paul said.

�If anything, it has exacerbated it, and it has associated our name with Saudi Arabia�s tactics in Yemenis� minds.�

Also Sen. Paul railed against US weapons sales to Saudi Arabia at the Senate in Washington DC on Tuesday, saying he wouldn�t sell �them a rifle, much less precision-guided missiles�.

Rand said that he, along with US Senator for Connecticut Chris Murphy, will put forward a bill to make future arms sales contingent on reining in Saudi military involvement in Yemen�s war. He called the famine in Yemen �of biblical proportions�, saying the situation �is being done without your permission, but with your weapons.�

Sen. Paul wasn't succeful in stoping arms sale to Saudi Arabia as�the Senate narrowly rejected the measure condemning a $500 million weapons sale to Saudi Arabia, which is engaged in a brutal bombing campaign in Yemen.

The measure, however, failed by a narrow margin�of�47 to 53. The�vote was much closer than a�similar measure�in September, which failed 71 to 27.