Sheila Jackson Lee: “I rise as a mother. As I looked at the video of young children trying to survive, trying to live in Syria-- this is one…”

“I rise as a mother. As I looked at the video of young children trying to survive, trying to live in Syria-- this is one of the most potent pictures--I had to come and cry out for the mothers and children of that vile and heinous act. I am calling upon Americans and this government to stop talking and to act, to begin to demand that Russia stop assisting President Assad-- himself a terrorist--against his people and begin to understand that the chemical attack was driven by Assad's bombers. No matter where it might have been, you have to know that families are here. To my Syrian neighbors in Houston, Texas, we are standing with you. We must find a resolution. Even as we are investigating Russian collusion and Russian investigation into elections, the President must say to Vladimir Putin to become a world citizen and not a thug. This is thuggish. We are killing people. The Syrian people and Syria deserve to live. We must stand up and fight together, and I hope that we will immediately be able to respond to this with the United Nations, with our surrounding neighbors, and with legislation that brings sanctions against Russia and Assad. ____________________”