04/08/2019
https://congress.gov...
"If you are Assad or if you are any one of the other despots in that region, and the United States steps back from this moment... what is the message? The message is that he has been granted impunity."
"He is asking only for the power to make clear, to make certain, that the United States means what we say."
"Our consistency in upholding the principle of territorial integrity is crucial to make it credible."
"In the nearly 100 years since the first global commitment against chemical weapons, only two tyrants dared to cross the world's brightest line."