Eliot Engel: “If we allow Crimea to just be annexed and do nothing about it, don't even talk about it anymore, if we allow Putin to…”

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

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

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.

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