Eliot Engel: “America has historically been the global leader and the moral authority on basic freedoms and human rights, and we cede…”

This coup is a blatant violation of the rights of the Burmese people.

We will continue to call out and hold accountable those who undermine the Dayton Peace Agreement or threaten the country's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and multi-ethnic character.

This legislation, passed into law last December, mandates the most sweeping sanctions on Assad's enablers.

I think that is scandalous and I think it, frankly, undermines whatever policy we are pursuing in Syria.