Mike McCaul

Whatever political process and diplomatic process is necessary to get that government to behave differently toward its own population and to its neighbors, that is an absolutely essential precondition for a resolution of this conflict.

A political solution is highly unlikely with a government acting the way the current Assad government acts.

You do not get to a resolution of this conflict without 2254, and the center of that is a free and fair election.

I think if there was an election today, Assad probably would win by 95 percent, and it would not be a legitimate election.

It would only create a power vacuum which will, then, create more chaos and destruction.

I think a complete withdrawal, we saw what happened when we did that in Iraq. We should learn from our mistakes and history.

The world cannot and must not pretend Assad is the legitimate head of the State.

The United States cannot accept a butcher like Assad as the leader of Syria.

I was greatly concerned by the announcement that the United States, as was the chairman, that we withdraw our military presence of Syria.

I encourage nations around the world to bring their citizens home and deliver justice, as America has done by example.

I thank the Administration for their forward-leaning statement that, if the Assad regime uses chemical weapons, the United States and our allies will respond forcefully.

I remain particularly baffled by the precipitous withdrawal that President Trump announced late last year.

It breaks my heart. And it is a failure of leadership in this country as well as around the world.

I view the crisis in Syria as one of the greatest tragedies of our time.

Chairman Engel and I have called on Assad and Putin to stand down immediately.

I don't think it is ever productive to shut down the Government.

It seems to me you are collecting this at the border, it should go, not just for the border security, but we have a lot of infrastructure issues.

Sanctions on Nord Stream 2 are the first, best, and most immediate way to show the Kremlin that we mean business.

Let us finally put sanctions on Nord Stream 2. America can and should take this action today.

We need a lot more sticks and no consideration of carrots or open-ended partnership with Russia until we see undeniable signs that it has changed strategy.

Vladimir Putin knows exactly what he is doing. He wants to Putinize us by normalizing corruption.

Our point is there are two odious pieces of legislation which have been on the books: One, specifically prevent public assembly, freedom of assembly; The other one is on freedom of expression.

I would encourage my colleagues to join me in a letter that I am putting together reiterating the changes we would like to see to allow for Zimbabwe to head to a place that embraces human rights.

I believe, has begun to violate democratic norms in the name of eradicating corruption.

We should all be concerned about the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC. It is not contained and it is not under control. This is no longer a public health crisis, it is a political challenge as well as a development challenge.