[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 17, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3352]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SYRIAN CHEMICAL ATTACKS

  (Mr. LaHOOD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Speaker, over the weekend, President Trump and our 
British and French allies made it known that the heinous actions of 
dictator Bashar al-Assad will not be tolerated.
  Over the past 3 years, Assad, aided by Iran and Russia, has continued 
to carry out chemical warfare against his own people. Not only is this 
in direct violation of Syria's previous agreement to destroy their 
chemical weapons stockpile, but it also violates every tenet of basic 
human decency and violates our Geneva Conventions standards.
  Through pictures and images, the world quickly saw the aftermath of 
Assad's most recent attack on his own people: scores of people dead or 
dying while foaming at the mouth, including women and innocent 
children.
  By aiding Assad's murder of his own people and then working to 
prevent a response by the United Nations, Russia and Iran deserve equal 
blame and scrutiny when it comes to these attacks.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge the administration to follow through with the 
sanctions on Russian companies that was announced by Ambassador Nikki 
Haley and to continue sending a clear message that these horrific 
criminal actions by the dictator, Assad, will not be tolerated.

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