[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H1145]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CANNOT AFFORD TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE 
                      HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SYRIA

  (Ms. WATERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. WATERS. Madam Speaker, I stand today with the chair of our 
Foreign Affairs Committee who just spoke here, Mr. Engel, as he makes a 
plea to this House for us to take a look at and get involved with what 
is going on in Syria.
  Millions of folks are dying. They are being killed with the help of 
Assad and Russia. They are killing civilians, millions of civilians. 
They are killing the children. And for those who are injured that find 
their way to the hospital, it does no good because they turn around and 
bomb the hospitals. This is an outrage.
  The United States of America cannot afford to turn a blind eye to 
this humanitarian crisis. We must get involved. We must pay attention. 
The families, the children, the people of Syria deserve better than 
this.
  I want to thank Mr. Engel for the attention that he is paying to this 
issue and the way that he is trying to educate us and get us involved 
in saving those poor people who are being overrun, who are being killed 
by Assad and, of course, with the help of Russia.

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