[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13423]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                                 SYRIA

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased with the recent diplomatic 
proposal to address this terrible crisis in Syria. Peace takes courage, 
and I am proud we have a President who is willing to embrace this 
diplomatic option.
  The proposals by Russia and Syria have raised the possibility of a 
real diplomatic solution to the crisis--with Syria possibly agreeing to 
accept international control of its chemical weapons stockpile.
  I hope that this proposal bears fruit, and that the President will do 
everything he can to make it a reality. But we cannot pretend that 
military action is a good alternative.
  Violence must not be mistaken for strength, and our limited strike 
risks igniting a dangerously unlimited conflict.
  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., knew what he was talking about when he 
said:

       Returning violence for violence only multiplies violence, 
     adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.

  Let us give peace a chance to solve the problems that military 
strikes could not begin to address.

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