Niki Tsongas: “The goal is to deter President Assad's future use of chemical weapons and degrade his capacity to use them.”

I think it is important to remember that we are having this hearing today because it has been 47 days since the landfall of Hurricane Maria, and yet our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico are still enduring a humanitarian crisis.

The question for Congress is, in my view, how do we keep it that way and make it even better?

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 6, after line 18, insert the following: SEC. 7. MITIGATION PLAN. The requirements related to mitigation under…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 12, after line 9, add the following: (h) Limitation on Application.--This section shall not apply to any…