[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 127 (Wednesday, September 19, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H6074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TIME FOR A DIVORCE WITH PAKISTAN

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the United States granted Pakistan 
major non-NATO ally status to help us fight al Qaeda and the Taliban. 
This status gives special foreign aid and defense benefits such as an 
expedited arms sales process. But Pakistan has proved it's no friend to 
America.
  Pakistan said ``no'' when we asked it to go after the terrorist 
havens. Pakistan twice tipped off terrorists making IEDs that kill 
Americans. Pakistan's intelligence arm, the ISI, helped the Haqqani 
network, a designated foreign terrorist organization, to attack our 
embassy. Pakistan arrested and convicted the doctor who helped us 
locate Osama bin Laden, the world's number one terrorist.
  I believe some of the money that we have given them goes to the 
Taliban, but Pakistan has given us no reason to trust them. They are a 
disloyal ally, a Benedict Arnold friend.
  I've introduced H.R. 6391 to strip Pakistan of its major non-NATO 
ally status. We don't need to pay Pakistan to betray us. They will do 
it for free.
  Time for a divorce with Pakistan.
  And that's just the way it is.

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