Ted Deutch

We need better data collection on police misconduct and use of force.

We're here today because of the long and growing list of Black Americans whose lives were taken from us prematurely at the hands of police.

This is our civil rights moment. I pray that our Committee and this body will rise to meet that moment.

Isn't the United Nations the place where the rules-based order should be on full display?

Is it appropriate for us to simply say, ah, we are going to go to the U.N. Security Council and the Russians are going to veto, that is not the best use of our time?

We need to support efforts that could lead to a safe haven for peaceful Syrian civilians and save countless lives.

Thank you, Moumena, for her bravery in recording this message.

But the big picture here, if we are numb to it, if we do a hearing on this dire crisis in a country where Assad has slaughtered over half a million people and there is no one who cares, with kids freezing to death right now, isn't, isn't…

Isn't it time that we rally the world to that cause?

It is time to show up. And it is actually time to win it because far more is at stake than the lives of these Syrians.

If Russia wants to veto a Security Council resolution that lays out the need not just to address the humanitarian crisis, not just to address everything that you so eloquently have spoken to, but to preserve the rules-based order, then…

The vast majority sleep in tents or out in the open as temperatures plunge.

It is a genocide. And it is a terrible, terrible thing that is going on. The world is just sitting by.

There are innocent people suffering in Idlib.

The Administration must now encourage our allies and partners to increase their contributions.

Five million have fled, 6 million internally displaced, over half a million dead. How is it that we are numb?

In a decade now, how many Syrians has Assad slaughtered either directly or with the support of the Russians and Iranians?

The military assault in Idlib is a painful reminder that the Syrian conflict is far from over.

The lack of U.S. leadership at the international level on humanitarian issues and the rule-based order by and large the impact of that cannot be underestimated.

I refuse to give up hope. And as long as I am a member of this body I will continue to push for the end to the violence and suffering, and to demand that those responsible face justice.

Instead of making it harder, we ought to be reaching out with a hand to lift up, because they are the least among us.

Congress doesn't have the constitutional authority to restrict the President's pardon authority in any significant way.

It is critical that our government take every step possible to get our citizens home safely.

Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.Res. 458 from Representative Deutch.

Congress will remain committed, a committed partner to Tunisia as it confronts and overcomes these challenges and continues down the democratic path.