ONGOING VIOLENCE IN SYRIA; Congressional Record Vol. 159, No. 88

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ONGOING VIOLENCE IN SYRIA

(Mr. ISRAEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Speaker, since March of 2011 in Syria, 90,000 people

have been killed, millions have been displaced internally, hundreds of

thousands have fled, and between 100 and 150 people have been murdered

by Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons.

We can debate what we should do and how far we should go, but there

is one thing that we can all agree on, and that is legislation that my

colleague from Oklahoma, Congressman Tom Cole, and I have introduced on

a bipartisan basis that would bring Bashar al-Assad to the

International Criminal Court where he will be prosecuted for war crimes

and crimes against humanity. This is an example of bipartisan

cooperation and accord on a challenging foreign policy crisis.

I urge my colleagues to cosponsor the Cole-Israel resolution and pass

it immediately.

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