The U.S. needs to work closer with our friends and allies in the region, Turkey and Jordan, for example, to facilitate the movement of that cargo.
Steve Chabot
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Steve Chabot is a Republican politician from Ohio who served multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. His first term began in 1995 and he served until 2001, returning to Congress in 2003 and remaining until 2021. During his time in office, Chabot was known for his focus on fiscal responsibility and social security issues, often advocating for budgetary restraint and the importance of maintaining a balanced federal budget. He has been a vocal supporter of conservative economic policies and has emphasized the need to control government spending.
The effort to rid Syria of chemical weapons is bogged down, and the White House has seemed to abdicate leadership on the issue.
The violence in Syria over the last few years has spiraled out of control, yielding a serious humanitarian crisis.
We may have, with a very not well thought out policy toward Ukraine, driven Russia into the arms of a dictatorial still-Communist China.
China and radical Islam now represent the major threat to peace, stability and prosperity for the entire world.
I would like to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte), the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
I would just encourage the administration... to encourage a resolution of this because if it is not resolved, I am afraid the violence is going to escalate.
We should reestablish our priorities and make sure that India becomes our best friend the same way Pakistan was during the Cold War.
One of the conditions that we would like to see in the next government... is the disbanding of the militias, particularly Hezbollah.
We think there ought to be no circumstances under which any tax dollars should in any way go to support a terrorist organisation like Hamas.
I think we all feel very strongly about this on both sides of the aisle so I would just like to reiterate everything that they said relative to that matter and I agree with them completely.
I am a big believer that we should have enforced the red line in Syria and that that is a conflict that is only going to continue to get worse and there will be no end state in which it stops getting worse.
As always, we face daunting challenges in the region and I think we all look forward to hearing from the administration here today and we welcome them.
I introduced legislation calling for more accountable foreign assistance for Cambodia.
It is critical that we ensure that taxpayers are not being wasted on ineffective assistance programs or end up in the hands of corrupt governments or any other organization like that.
How much resistance from Hun Sen's regime do you get on that sort of assistance?
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 contained restrictions on aid to Cambodia dealing with human rights situation which has not improved.
The Asia-Pacific Subcommittee, which I have the honor to chair, did quite a bit of work regarding Cambodia last year in the run-up to elections which not surprisingly we believe were both rigged and overall unfair elections.
We have witnessed political and humanitarian crises all around the world in recent times, but we don't hear that much from Morocco.
Hezbollah, of course, continues to be the biggest threat to peace and security in the region.
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