SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD MUST GO; Congressional Record Vol. 161, No. 141

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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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