Ed Royce: “In closing, I would like to thank Ranking Member Engel and Representative Kinzinger for their exceptional work on this…”

“In closing, I would like to thank Ranking Member Engel and Representative Kinzinger for their exceptional work on this important bill. This bill will keep taxpayer dollars out of the hands of a murderous regime and its proxies. Time and again, Mr. Eliot Engel has been this body's conscience on the issue of Syria. We have acted many times, passing the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act twice; adopting H. Con. Res. 121, which expressed the sense of the Congress supporting the establishment of a tribunal in Syria to try Assad's war crimes, another measure we had passed. While we have made important progress in the military campaign against ISIS, there is no end in sight to the misery inflicted on the people of Syria by Assad and his proxies. Now is not the time to turn away. As we engage, we cannot allow U.S. taxpayer money to reward war crimes. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.”