Thank you for the briefing. Can you please explain to us the psychological impact that the alleged chemical weapons attack has had on the syrian population and also on humanitarian workers who are trying to get their work done . Well, i can only speak from what i have been told from the staff that i have spoken to. People feel very uncertain. In terms of the people i have spoken to, they continue to express concerns to me that the International Community has abandoned them and that they would like to see actions, that they would like to see the International Community come together and agree on action which would lead to a political solution inside of syria. It is very hard for me to speak about the psychology, but i can say that people remain fearful, and a lot of people are just fearful because the future remains so uncertain. I know you have a number of things on your schedule. Do you have time for one or two more questions . There are still a few hands up. Ive about two minutes, so
My topic today is serious which presents one of most issuesl Foreign Policy we face. It lies to a heart critical to u. S. Security, a friend that is a place that is home to friends and partners. It is important because the Syrian Regime possesses chemical weapons that we cannot allow to fall into terrorist hands. It is important because the regime is collaborating with lockstep with in hezbollah. Syria is important because its people in seeking freedom and dignity has suffered unimaginable horrors. I also recognize how ambivalent americans are about the situation there. On the one hand, we americans share a desire, after two wars which have taken 6700 american lives and cost over 1 trillion, to invest taxpayer dollars in american schools and infrastructure. On the other hand, americans have heard the president s commitment that this will not iraq, this will not be afghanistan any use of force will be limited and tailored narrowly to the chemical weapons threat. On the one hand, we shar
This rule and the underlying legislation, and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from texas. Reserves the balance of his time. The gentlelady from new york is recognized. Ms. Slaughter mr. Speaker, before i yield time id like to ask unanimous consent to insert in the record the article from the New York Times this morning entitled Health Plan Costs for new yorkers to fall 50 . The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Ms. Slaughter i yield two minutes to the gentleman from connecticut, mr. Courtney. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from connecticut is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Courtney thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the premise of h. R. 2667, the employer mandate bill, which is part of the rule here today, is that somehow that the administration overreached by announcing this postponement of the employer tax measure which was part of the Affordable Care act. The fact
I can understand how aggressive theyve gotten in certain areas. The trip to moscow worries me because there are serious things happening in that relationship that would not have happened were it not for the absolute collapse of faith in the United States, and while there may be good things that can come out of it for the saudis to be off on their own, a lot of bad things can come out of that as well potentially. But that is the kind of uncertainty that we are dealing with in the system that i think has led to quite a bit of trouble. I agree in the first place that syria now takes on this huge importance in terms of trying to convince the iranians that we are serious. I think that operation is now going to need to be something that perhaps the president and his team did not think a couple of weeks ago it might have needed to be. It will now need to have real effects on syria and on other adversaries in the region, that they do not want to test the United States in this regard. I do not
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