House approves resolution opposing Trump administration Syria troop withdrawal
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/16/politics/syria-troop-withdrawal-house-resolution/index.html
Washington (CNN) - The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a resolution opposing the Trump administration's move to withdraw US forces from Syria.
The vote was 354-60 with four members voting present.
The resolution states that "an abrupt withdrawal of United States military personnel from certain parts of Northeast Syria is beneficial to adversaries of the United States government, including Syria, Iran, and Russia.
"It goes on to say that Congress "opposes the decision to end certain United States efforts to prevent Turkish military operations against Syrian Kurdish forces in Northeast Syria."
The measure has bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.
In the House, it was sponsored by House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel and the committee's top Republican, Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas.
"Congress must speak out," Engel said in a floor speech ahead of the vote,"this measure we're considering today will send an unambiguous, bipartisan, hopefully bicameral rejection of Trump's policy in Syria."
