Eliot Engel: “This update is long overdue.”

I know Mr. Meeks very well and I know that he will do an excellent job--an excellent job--as chairman.

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.