12/09/2014
https://congress.gov...
"Our silence would embolden Kim Jong-un, who has a large chemical weapons cache, and would send a message that we are not serious about protecting South Korea and the region from nuclear or chemical we..."
"In the nearly 100 years since the first global commitment against chemical weapons, only two tyrants dared to cross the world's brightest line. Now Bashar al-Assad has become the third."
"What we do in the face of the chemical attack by the Assad regime against innocent civilians will send a signal to the world that such weapons in violation of international law cannot be used with imp..."
"The bottom line is the president has no intention and will not and we do not want to put American troops on the ground to fight this -- or be involved in the fighting of this civil war, period."