Eliot Engel: “Iran has begun to develop a permanent foothold in Syria, seeking a corridor from Tehran to the Mediterranean.”

Why have there been no designations by us of Russian companies and individuals who are so clearly and shamelessly giving Assad a lifeline?

I particularly want to thank Chairman Engel for his leadership, as well as the whole committee, for making the Caesar Act a reality.

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.