[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 162 (Tuesday, October 15, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8140]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           SAVE THE CHILDREN

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, a week ago Sunday, the Commander in 
Chief of this Nation made a call to the head of the Government of 
Turkey. No one knows the basis of that call, but we do know that it was 
made without the consultation of the national security apparatus of the 
United States of America and, to our knowledge, not with any 
consultation of the Joint Chiefs.
  Within minutes, within a period of time, a tweet directive was given 
to take vital, important military personnel away from the Syrian-
Turkish border.
  No one knows what promises may have been made. We do know that if any 
were made that this would be handled with care, they were broken. Right 
before our eyes, massive havoc.
  What strikes me the most, as the chair of the Congressional 
Children's Caucus, is the video that shows the bloodletting of our 
children, children in shock with limbs bloodied, mothers fleeing.
  We do not need a backdoor peace treaty that is too late. We need a 
no-fly zone, Madam Speaker.
  We need real action, and we need the Commander in Chief not to lead 
foreign policy by tweets. I am begging them to save the children.

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