Raja Calls on White House to Hold Assad Regime to Account and Bring About a Transition to a New Government in Syria

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement on President Trump’s decision to launch airstrikes in response to Bashar al-Assad’s use of illegal chemical weapons in an attack which killed more than one hundred people:

“Bashar al-Assad’s massacre of men, women, and children through the use of banned chemical weapons is only his most recent atrocity. The Assad regime must be held to account for the horrors it has wrought upon its own people. This newest barbarism serves as a reminder that the Assad regime must go.

Any expanded or longer-term military operation against the Assad regime must be executed in consultation with the Congress and our key allies. The administration must present the American people with clear goals and a strategy through which to achieve them. I will work with my colleagues in the House to demand the White House develop a comprehensive policy that holds the Assad regime accountable for its heinous acts and brings about a transition to a new government in Syria.”

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi represents the 8th District of Illinois, which includes Chicago’s west and northwest suburbs. He serves on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and on the Committee on Education and the Workforce. In addition, Raja serves as the ranking member, and top Democrat, on the Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules. Krishnamoorthi served as an Illinois Special Assistant Attorney General in the public corruption unit and as Illinois Deputy Treasurer before becoming president of small businesses in the Chicago area focused on the national security and renewable energy sectors. He and his wife, Priya, a physician, live in Schaumburg with their two sons and baby daughter.