[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 35 (Monday, March 5, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1144]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                    THE SLAUGHTER CONTINUES IN SYRIA

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. The slaughter continues in Syria.
  Mr. Speaker, last week I visited the head of Mission at the Syrian 
Embassy and delivered letters that indicated that Mr. Assad, President 
Assad must go and that there must be an establishment of safe houses or 
safe places for women and children and that, at that time, the bodies 
of those deceased journalists should come out and, as well, that the 
Red Cross and International Red Cross should be allowed in.
  Then there was a protesting and suggesting it was the rebels that 
weren't allowing the Red Cross in. But we've now heard from a 
journalist that was able to get out that those journalists were 
actually murdered. And now, today, we're reading that the Syrian 
authorities Friday blocked an officially sanctioned Red Cross convoy 
laden with food and medical supplies from entering a devastated 
neighborhood in Homs 1 day after the Army overwhelmed the rebel 
stronghold here after a months-long siege. No rebels, just a Syrian 
despot, the people who want to kill their own people.
  Mr. Assad needs to go. We need to get women and children safe. We 
need to be able to get justice for the dead journalists, and now the 
world needs to rise up. I look forward to the Syrian resolution 
passing, but something must be done.
  Mr. Assad, you have to go.

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