Mike McCaul

Vladimir Putin knows that a free press is a pillar of democracy.

Evan is innocent. He was simply doing his job, reporting on the news in Russia.

I support your amendment even though we didn't hear much, but I do support it.

I had a chance to visit with him in Bucha to see the mass grave sites, children being shot in the back of the head, 5-year-olds raped to death by the Wagner Group, occupying territories, taking children out of their homes, reindoctrinating…

I call on my colleagues to support the measures and show the congressional support for release of these two innocent Americans.

I now call up H. Res. 81 calling on the President to support the creation of a Special Tribunal for the Punishment of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.

I look forward to further impactful legislation.

I am deeply proud of the work the Abraham Accords Caucus has done.

I, too, applaud the Trump Administration and the Biden Administration for supporting the Abraham Accords.

I strongly support this bill. A special envoy is precisely what we need right now to raise the emphasis of these important accords.

I believe this legislation is critical to advance not only our interests around the world but to continue to advance and strengthen our relationship with the State of Israel.

I brought up this legislation and the importance of the Abraham Accords.

This shows our allies and every nation around the world how much we value normalized relations with Israel.

I urge all of my colleagues on the House Foreign Affairs Committee to join me in supporting this critical legislation.

I appreciate so much the very significant work of the Ranking Member Dean Phillips.

It is in that spirit I will support this bill for the purposes of this markup.

So, it is sickening that we are essentially abandoning the rest of Syria to Assad's torture and murder.

This bill significantly strengthens existing sanctions on those who support Assad and imposes real penalties to those considering normalizing with this brutal regime.

However, the normalization with an unrepentant dictator and kleptocrat who continues bombing the earthquake-devastated areas of Syria does not represent a viable path forward.

We should always recognize how courageous they are to provide for the people of Syria.

Stop the wishful thinking. They are not our friends here.

We cannot wait around for China to act like our good neighbors, because they are not.

Let's stand up for our American citizens.

They are killing Americans intentionally. If you do not get that, you probably belong in a different line of work.

My legislation puts them on notice that they will no longer be invisible to our sanctions laws.