[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15397]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD MUST GO

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, as our eyes turn toward New York both 
in terms of the Pope's visit last week and his call for us to address 
the mandatory needs of refugees around the world, in the last 24 hours, 
we heard from the President of Russia, Mr. Putin, and our President on 
Syria.
  I think it is important for this Congress to begin to look again at a 
man by the name of Assad, who is not only poisoning his own people, but 
bombing hospitals and ambulances and creating a situation of 
devastation. I think the President is correct that Assad must go, and 
there must be a reconciliation as to how that proceeds.
  To Mr. Putin, who has a stake in this area, through Syria, you have 
to come with the world family and begin to think of those who are 
suffering. We can work together, but Assad cannot stay. We must find a 
way for the good people of Syria to be able to return in peace and 
justice and equality.
  The United Nations must take a stand. We must come together in this 
Congress, working with the President and working with world leaders to 
restore tranquility and peace to this region with Assad gone and 
certainly ISIL done away with, if you will, to provide stability in the 
area.

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