Sheila Jackson Lee: “Let me thank the chairman and ranking member for coming together. I was on the floor earlier, and I held up The New York…”

“Let me thank the chairman and ranking member for coming together. I was on the floor earlier, and I held up The New York Times that says: ``Syrian Forces Rush Into U.S. Void,'' and, ``Battle Lines Shifting to the Benefit of Iran, Russia and ISIS.'' We worked very hard to get Turkey into NATO and to respect it for its secular position and its embracing of the ideals of democracy, but to now be the cause of thousands fleeing out of violence and bombing, now being the cause of ISIS supporters and families escaping, now being the cause of ISIS fighters escaping, and not listening to any form of reconciliation to put Russia as the mainstay is absolutely unacceptable. I believe that these sanctions and this rebuke and this resolution that has indicated it was wrong to green-light the Turkish military incursion into Syria's Kurdish territory, expressing strong support for Syrian Kurdish forces who were our allies, and calling on Turkey to immediately cease military action in northeast Syria is a question of our national security. I add that there should be a no-fly zone. I know how challenging that would be for Turkey not to be flying over northern Syria. It is important that we do what we need to do to save the precious lives of those children, some of whom have already died, and those who are fleeing the violence. Mr. Speaker, let us pass this resolution, H.J. Res.…”