[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 193 (Monday, November 17, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H4675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRUMP ACHIEVEMENT FOR PEACE

  (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 
another historic achievement for peace and prosperity in the Middle 
East, reducing threats to Americans at home and abroad.
  The Wall Street Journal reported Monday: ``Syria has joined the U.S.-
led mission to defeat Islamic State . . . after President Trump and 
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met at the White House.''
  This meeting was the first of a Syrian head of state to visit the 
White House in the 8,000-year history of Damascus.
  It was promoted by Ambassador Tom Barrack, the tireless Trump envoy 
for Syria, and Admiral Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command.
  I personally appreciate the Trump triumph as, last November, I was 
condemned by the Syrian dictator, Assad, as an enemy of the state weeks 
before he fled to Moscow.
  Mr. Speaker, 8 months later, I was a guest in the Damascus office of 
Assad with the new President and Senator Jeanne Shaheen.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops as the global war on terrorism 
continues. Trump is reinstituting peace through strength, revealing war 
criminal Putin lies, insulting Trump with attacks on civilians.

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