Eliot Engel: “I commend the efforts of the administration and our European partners to de-escalate tensions.”

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

I think that is scandalous and I think it, frankly, undermines whatever policy we are pursuing in Syria.

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

This coup is a blatant violation of the rights of the Burmese people.