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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 7, 2022

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

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 7, 2022

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.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 7, 2022

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.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 7, 2022

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.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 7, 2022

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.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 7, 2022

The law on normalization and reconstruction is clear.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 7, 2022

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.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 7, 2022

We must establish a more robust, formalized accountability mechanism.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 7, 2022

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.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 7, 2022

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

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 7, 2022

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

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 7, 2022

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

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 7, 2022

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

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· Jun 7, 2022

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

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· Jun 7, 2022

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

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Max Miller
@maxmiller· Republican · ID· May 25, 2022

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.

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Max Miller
@maxmiller· Republican · ID· May 25, 2022

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

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Max Miller
@maxmiller· Republican · ID· May 25, 2022

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?

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