Eliot Engel: “This is a job for our diplomats. In recent years, we have seen more and more of the State Department's responsibilities…”

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

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

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

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.