Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am here today with my colleague Senator Graham to express my profound concern about the humanitarian tragedy that is currently unfolding in Idlib and northern Hama in Syria. It is hard to imagine that after 8 years of war, the greatest humanitarian disaster in Syria might still be before us, because clearly what we have seen in the past 8 years is a horrible humanitarian tragedy, a civil war that has involved, really, international players and that has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Syrians and to the displacement of millions more. But with the escalated attacks that have occurred since late April, the Syrian regime and its Russian and Iranian allies are threatening a population of approximately 3 million there in Idlib. Of those 3 million, 1 million are children. This is a region that is strained by hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people who have already fled from Assad's forces in other parts of Syria and neighboring countries. Just last Thursday alone, observers counted over 50 airstrikes in this region from early morning to early afternoon, and that was on top of artillery-shelling that was going on. Last December, Senator Graham and I came to the floor to warn about the dangers of President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northeast Syria.…”