Eliot Engel: “Yet, authorities there have ramped up repression and violence against opposition politicians and civil society.”

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

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

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

Self-government is not some sort of temporary arrangement or gift from the military, it's a right that's owed to the people of Burma.