Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to lend a voice to the people of Syria, many of whom have been silenced by a cruel and oppressive dictator. This very moment, 5,500 miles from this Chamber, in the country of Syria, innocent people are suffering under a regime bent on crushing freedom. I met recently with a group of Syrian Americans in Charleston, West Virginia, my congressional district. Many of them have family members and loved ones in Syria. The stories I heard are alarming. Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is waging an all-out war against his own people, with one goal in mind, to muzzle any voice that speaks out in opposition to his regime. People are suffering. Four out of five Syrians live in poverty. More than 200,000 people have been killed; 1 million have been wounded, and more than 3 million Syrians have fled the country. Assad has shown that he will use any means necessary to maintain his dictatorship. He has rained down chemical weapons from the sky onto neighborhoods. He has dropped cluster bombs and barrel bombs into residential buildings occupied by women and children. He has placed entire communities under siege, starving peaceful residents into submission. He has even bombed hospitals full of people recovering from his attacks. I would now like to share a few stories that I have heard from my constituents, with whom I met just this previous Monday. First, Dana Ashbani has family that lives in Syria. Several of her cousins were brutally killed by the Assad regime.…”