On the recordJune 16, 2016
I thank the chairman for yielding, and join the chairman in opposition to the amendment that has been offered. There is no question that there were significant fundamental problems with the first iteration of this program. This is a reconstituted program, and I would like to make that clear to my colleagues. Secondly, I want to make it clear that there is no authority under this program to overthrow the Assad regime. And the final point I would make, as the sponsor of the amendment, is to mention support for the Kurds who are already fighting. That is exactly what the reprogram does, and the amendment would cut off funding for the Kurds. For those reasons, I oppose the amendment.
