ACTING ON HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SYRIA; Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 26

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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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