CRISIS IN MADAYA, SYRIA; Congressional Record Vol. 162, No. 7

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CRISIS IN MADAYA, SYRIA

(Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois asked and was given permission to address

the House for 1 minute.)

Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I want to turn your attention

to the crisis in Madaya, Syria.

Since July 2015, this town has been under siege by the evil regime of

Bashar al-Assad. It has deprived the citizens; it has starved them; and

in the last month, at least 31 have died. Those who try to flee face

indiscriminate barrel bombs and targets by the Assad regime.

Bill Clinton once said that the greatest regret of his Presidency was

inaction in Rwanda. Mr. Speaker, I fear that our greatest regret, both

of this President and of this House, will be inaction in Syria. There

are over 250,000 dead men, women, and children by the evil regime of

Assad because they believed that to target women and children puts more

collective pain than to target just fighters.

Mr. Speaker, if we are going to destroy ISIS--and we all want to

destroy ISIS--you cannot destroy ISIS with the existence of Assad.

Assad is the greatest recruiter to ISIS that has ever existed. Whether

it is ISIS today or the next iteration tomorrow, Assad must go for the

sake of a free Syria.

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