Eliot Engel: “The Honorable Eliot L. Engel”

I introduced the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act several years ago as a response to what we saw in this room.

The citizens of the Western Balkans want a better future for their children, stronger and transparent democracy, accountable governments, and greater economic prosperity and security.

We like to say that the Foreign Affairs Committee... is the most bipartisan committee in Congress.

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