Ted Deutch

we still have leadership with the Europeans and with international organizations to deny political recognition and international legitimacy to Assad

How many Syrians must be killed until we take action to stop this killing machine?

the risks of secondary sanctions and what it means to materially support the Assad regime

We sit here at this moment, with Assad having slaughtered over 600,000 people, and almost 6 million refugees...

Most importantly, President Trump's irresponsible choice makes the American people less safe.

Sanctions--many other governments are at this point contemplating whether or not to go back into Damascus, especially as we see what happens with Assad on the ground.

I agree, and on the issue of weaker States with more power, Ms. Stroul, how does providing Assad and Iran a freer hand in Syria undermine the Administration's maximum pressure policy that had been our policy and apparently continues to be…

We still have leadership with the Europeans and with international organizations to deny political recognition and international legitimacy to Assad and that still remains relevant today.

That behavior should unite us all--Republican, Democrat, independent--in rejecting a foreign policy that has put personal ambition over national interest.

Rarely has a foreign policy decision by a United States president yielded this many disastrous consequences this quickly.

Our withdrawal from Syria creates dangerous breathing room for ISIS elements in the region, which can ultimately endanger American families back home from terrorist safe havens overseas.

This is an unforced error. We saw northeast Syria stable, our costs and our casualties contained, ISIS in prison camps, and the Kurds who guarded them in prison camps and who are allies safe.

isn't that fundamental norm of American leadership and American influence challenged and weakened dramatically?

I think it is very important then to have this transparency and this humanitarian access because I do not think anything good is going to come from this--anything at all.

how does providing Assad and Iran a freer hand in Syria undermine the Administration's maximum pressure policy

It seems to me the only real winners of our withdrawal are Russia, Iran, Turkey, and the Assad regime, in addition to the ISIS terrorists.

The reason the Syrian Study Group talked about needing to retain a U.S. military presence in that one-third of Syria was not only about completing the anti-ISIS fight.

This cannot be a rhetorical battle centered around partisan messaging and talking points--every step we take must be meaningful and make our children safer.

These laws, like universal background checks, are supported by more than 90 percent of Americans and save lives.

I am really, really grateful for today and for our witnesses being here today. And I hope that we can do many more hearings like this to keep this issue front and center as a major part of what we do.

Young people are rising up, speaking out, and demanding action, and I couldn't be prouder of them.

by passing the EAGLES Act, we can give education to all schools on proper threat assessments

This is not about taking guns away from people who have them legally.

I just lost a 12-year-old today. She was shot sitting in her home planning her birthday party.

we need to address the systemic issues of the cycle of poverty, lack of economic opportunity, and also we need to take action here in Congress to pass common sense gun reform.