Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time for the purpose of closing. Today's resolution calls for the immediate release of American citizens Austin Tice and Majd Kamalmaz, who have been unjustly held in Syria. It is time the Assad regime heeds our calls and works with the U.S. Government to secure their return home. I have been a critic of the Assad regime in all the years I have been in Congress, which is 32 years. The Assad regime has been brutal with its own people, has murdered so many of its own people, and I know that Mr. McCaul will remember not so long ago, on the Foreign Affairs Committee, someone smuggled in a bunch of photographs that were taken in Syrian prisons. They were horrific and reminded one of the 1930s and 1940s with the genocide in Europe. It is time the Assad regime heeds our calls and works with the U.S. Government to secure the prisoners' release home. The immediate release of American citizens Austin Tice and Majd Kamalmaz is very important to us. As you have heard, they have been unjustly held in Syria, and we are not going to let it go. We are not going to stop until they are released. It is the right thing to do, and it is the only thing that we can do. I again thank Congressman Green for introducing this bipartisan resolution. I thank Mr. McCaul for working with us on this. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.”