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There is nothing in welcoming this man as a conquering hero that reflects America's values at all.

I want to thank our witnesses for testifying here today. Certainly, these are hard to listen to, but it is something that, as I said before, when this is over it is not over and it is important we keep this in front of everyone.

I am interested in the principle of universal jurisdiction. I think we are at the very early stages of what that will be in the overall scheme of things.

About 10--a little over 10 years ago, I was in this room sitting here and we had people sit in the chairs you are sitting in and they assured us that Assad could not last more than 30 days.

These crimes are well documented. In addition to the Caesar file, the international community has amassed hundreds of thousands of government documents linking these crimes directly to Bashar Al-Assad.

The law on normalization and reconstruction is clear.

We must ensure our policy does not entrench the Assad regime, energize its progress under the U.N. Security Council Resolution 2254, and is commensurate with American values.

We must establish a more robust, formalized accountability mechanism.

Now more than ever, particularly in the face of Putin's brutality in Ukraine, it is absolutely crucial we confront Assad's ongoing crimes against the Syrian people.

When you see something like him being welcomed by another country as some type of a distinguished head of state, it is sickening, really.

We cannot send the message that we will forget these atrocities over time and welcome Assad back to the international community.

The world had never seen atrocities on this scale since the Second World War and what we are uncovering now in Ukraine.

I remain concerned this Administration has accepted Assad's rule as a foregone conclusion.

The money you have requested is probably not going to go very far.

This is going to be a challenge for a long, long time until we address that need.

The Biden administration is launching a coordinated assault against parents' rights, and the ability of parents to make the best educational decisions for their children.

We all know that the whole point of that DOJ memo was to send a message to parents, to scare them from showing up.

Yes, but the Biden administration did send a memo authorizing the FBI to go after parents for showing up at school board meetings, so do you support, or not support using the FBI against parents?