[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 143 (Thursday, October 1, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H6781-H6782]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           THE GENOCIDE OF CHRISTIANS ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST

  (Mr. ROHRABACHER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, I join my colleague from Orange County, 
California, and her deep concern for what is going on in the Middle 
East.
  Today I rise to speak out about the genocide that is taking place in 
the Middle East, that is being committed against Christians across the 
Middle East. They are being victimized and targeted for genocide. 
Violent radical Islamists have targeted Middle Eastern Christians for 
extinction, killing them, forcing them from their homes, and burning 
their churches.

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  Hundreds of thousands of Christians have been forced to flee. The 
United States needs to do what we can to save these Christian victims, 
as we have saved other refugees throughout our history
  Mr. Speaker, all of us who believe in religious freedom and tolerance 
need to stand up and state clearly that we won't sit quietly as a 
genocide takes place on our watch. I ask my colleagues to join me in 
cosponsoring a resolution that I have here in my hand, that resolution 
declaring Middle Eastern Christians as targets of genocide and giving 
them priority for immigration and refugee status.
  We have been silent already for too long. It is time for this body to 
make sure that our words are heard and our deeds are taken. This is a 
good place to start, and I ask my colleagues to join me in this 
resolution which I will now submit to the United States House of 
Representatives.

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