[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 59 (Wednesday, April 22, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H2398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 MOMENT OF SILENCE COMMEMORATING 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST USE OF 
                               POISON GAS

  (Mr. FOSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FOSTER. Mr. Speaker, today represents the 100-year anniversary of 
the first use of poison gas on Earth. On April 22, 1915, chlorine gas 
was sent crawling in favorable winds over Flanders Fields from German 
positions into positions held by the French. This sowed terror and 
agony for the first time.
  I would like for everyone present and everyone listening to pause for 
a moment to think of everyone who has died in the last 100 years from 
poison gas, including everyone who is dying today in Syria.
  Mr. Speaker, many people in America were horrified at the ``60 
Minutes'' presentation of the sarin attacks and the footage that that 
included. It is horrifying to think that chlorine is also being used in 
that war today.
  There is a reason that we put chemical weapons in a separate 
category, never to be used by any nation in any war. Let us just pause 
and think for a moment and rededicate ourselves to ridding the entire 
world of chemical weapons forever.

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