[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 10, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H5441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     THE ALTERNATIVE PLAN IN SYRIA

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I would like to 
commend the Obama administration for its willingness to consider a new 
alternative proposal for dealing with Syria. The proposal is to hand 
over all--and I stress all--of Syria's chemical weapons under the 
oversight of the international community and to safely and verifiably 
destroy them. This could actually remove those weapons from the 
battlefield and peacefully prevent the further use of them against the 
people of Syria or her neighbors. This idea has gained support from 
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, as well as Russia and France.
  Mr. Speaker, this proposal needs to be vigorously pursued. The Syrian 
regime's attack against its own people using poisonous gas is morally 
reprehensible. If this plan is successful, it could produce an outcome 
that everyone desires: preventing the Assad regime from using chemical 
weapons.

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