SYRIA; Congressional Record Vol. 158, No. 86

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SYRIA

(Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address

the House for 1 minute.)

Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, we can do better. As we work

to ensure the tranquility of this great land and the opportunity for

those who desire and deserve jobs, I frankly, think, it is likewise a

devastating disaster, a crisis, that the world has not risen to stop

the bloodshed in Syria.

I realize that we are not ready to engage in war, and I say that we

do not have to. Syrian Americans are just pleading for the world to

intervene, for Dr. Assad to step down, for the cease-fire to take

place, and for the killing of women and children to stop.

I join with the administration to ask for Dr. Assad to be removed. I

ask the Arab League, I ask the surrounding neighbors to stand up

against this increasing violence. To the Syrian Americans that I have

stood with in Houston, I stand with you until Dr. Assad is removed and

the violence is stopped.

The United Nations has moved towards a resolution of peace, and

Russia and China must stop standing in the way and watching bloodshed

pour. Remember, children are dying.

Dr. Assad in Syria must leave and peace must come.

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