[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2014]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRUMP PROMOTES FREE SYRIA

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, President Donald Trump has 
begun the first trade trip of his second term, announcing a historic 
agreement with Saudi Arabia and others to invest $1.4 trillion in 
America, creating jobs.
  More historic foreign policy wins are expected as President Trump and 
Secretary of State Marco Rubio continue their trip now to Qatar and 
then UAE.
  Courageously, President Donald Trump announced yesterday he is 
lifting sanctions on Syria to provide the country a ``chance at 
greatness.'' Sanctions were imposed on the murderous Assad 
dictatorship, which in November declared: I was an enemy of the state, 
and weeks later the dictator fled to Moscow.
  Today was a historic meeting between President Trump and Syrian 
President Ahmed al-Sharaa, as arranged by Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, 
with the opportunity to expel Russian bases from Syria.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops as the global war on terrorism 
continues. Trump is reinstituting existing laws to protect American 
families with peace through strength, revealing war criminal Putin 
lies, hosting murderous dictators.

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