California's Stance On Syria: Representatives, Districts 31-40
"The use of weapons of any kind on civilian populations is absolutely unacceptable and the use of chemical weapons brings a new horror to this unstable region. However, the question will be whether it must be the American people who bring these criminals to justice," Miller said via a spokesperson.
Grace Napolitano (D-Santa Fe Springs) - District 32
Napolitano told CNN on September 3 the U.S. needed to "stay out of wars" and "pay more attention to our own backyard." She voted no on authorizing military force in Iraq and will likely do the same with Syria.
Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles) - District 33
Waxman told the Daily Breeze he was unsure on whether he would support a military strike in Syria. "The shape and content of the resolution have not been worked out, and I am withholding judgment until I have more information," Waxman said in a statement. Waxman voted yes on authorizing military force in Iraq in 2002.
Xavier Becerra (D-Los Angeles) - District 34
Becerra commended Obama for deferring action against Syria until a congressional vote but warned the president he should not continue with a military strike without Congress' approval. "I hope my colleagues are up to task of voting properly, appropriately, justly, morally, so we can decide what to do given that the president has asked us to join him, unlike other presidents who have never asked us to participate in this very difficult decision," Becerra said on C-SPAN's "Newsmakers."
Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Ontario) - District 35
A spokesperson confirmed Negrete McLeod was undecided as of September 9, according to CNN.
Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Springs) - District 36
Ruiz was undecided as of September 9, according to CNN. "We need to really weigh the consequences of doing nothing and the consequences of the different possibilities of how Syria will react, and what that means to our own national security," Ruiz told The Desert Sun.
Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) - District 37
As a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and an undecided vote, Bass asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel what would the aftermath would be should the U.S. conduct a military strike against Syria.
Linda Sanchez (D-Lakewood) - District 38
Sanchez was undecided as of September 9, according to CNN. After a classified briefing, Sanchez emerged to say she felt better informed going into the congressional vote.
Edward "Ed" Royce (R-Fullerton) - District 39
Royce was one of the original cosponsors of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syrian Human Rights Act of 2012. As the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs since January 2013, Royce was undecided on the military strike. "There are no easy answers. Syria and much of the Middle East are a mess," he said at a committee meeting, according to Bloomberg.
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Commerce) - District 40
Roybal was undecided as of September 3. "I will continue to gather information and listen to all opinions, including those of my constituents, in order to determine the best way to address this heinous barbarity," Roybal said in a statement.
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