Edward Royce actually said...

"We want the Iraqi Government to understand that it has no interest in having an extremist government in Syria."

"We're missing the opportunity in terms of a direct conversation about the security assistance we've provided."

"An increasingly beleaguered Syrian regime might be prepared to use chemical weapons against the Syrian people."

"This is the Assad who is ordering teenagers tortured and, frankly, is engaged in murdering his populace."