[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 9, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1089]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                 ACTING ON HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SYRIA

  (Ms. NEWMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NEWMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because there is a humanitarian 
crisis in Syria right now. For the past 2 years, there have been tens 
of thousands of Syrians in the Rukban settlement suffering from not 
only starvation but a lack of medical care.
  The last remaining UNICEF clinic in this encampment closed in March 
2020, right at the onset of the global pandemic. Since then, thousands 
in the camp have tested positive but have nowhere to quarantine. They 
don't have access to vaccines. They don't have access to medical care. 
They do not have access to clean water.
  With Russia and the Assad regimes preventing aid from reaching the 
camp, I am calling on the U.S. to implore immediate action to intervene 
and help.
  We have a fundamental obligation to save thousands of Syrian lives.

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