Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to draw attention to the recent events transpiring in northern Syria. Turkey's continuing actions against the Kurds in northern Syria is not only appalling, but it is unjustifiable, and it is not right. The Kurds have courageously fought side by side with our troops and deserve better, losing over 10,000 of their soldiers in defeating ISIL as the caliphate, but yet ISIL could come back. They are also guarding thousands of ISIS prisoners. The Kurds have been our partners. The United States must immediately impose sanctions on Turkey for their irresponsible and outrageous behavior. This White House's actions, I believe, have made the situation possible; and now Congress must act to confront this unfolding humanitarian disaster, which is also a threat to our national security and damaging to our international reputation. I will be supporting bipartisan legislation to confront the administration and Turkey on this matter later this week. I support H.J. Res. 77, which expresses the Congress' opposition to the administration's abandonment of our Kurdish allies. Though Turkey is a NATO ally, we cannot stand by and let this happen in the face of reckless and irresponsible behavior on Turkey's part. And this isn't the first time Turkey has acted in this way. This action has become necessary because of the unilateral actions that the President took without consulting Congress or our European allies. It makes no sense.…”