[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 2, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E260]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 2, 2016

  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the definition of genocide is clear: 
it is the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial or cultural 
group. ISIS has been specifically and intentionally targeting 
Christians and other minorities for extermination for the past five 
years. Genocide is exactly what ISIS is doing. ISIS is trying to 
destroy all those that do not conform to its beliefs.
   ISIS has already forced hundreds of thousands of Christians to leave 
their ancestral homes. For the first time since the time of Christ, 
there are almost no Christians left in some of these areas. Some of 
those who could not get out before ISIS came in have been tortured, 
crucified, and executed. ISIS has also targeted the Yezidi community of 
Iraq. It slaughtered almost all the men of one community on Mount 
Sinjar and sold the women and girls to satisfy the evil desires of 
their fighters.
   ISIS is proud of these horrible atrocities. ISIS fighters post 
videos and pictures online of their barbaric beheadings of Christians 
and others who refuse to bow to their ideology. They hate, kidnap, and 
murder because Christians and other ancient minority communities will 
not renounce their faith.
   The world, including the United States, needs to be clear about what 
ISIS is doing. America must denounce murder because of a person's 
religious belief.
   I am a cosponsor of H. Con. Res. 75 and support its passage. Justice 
demands that ISIS be held accountable and justice is what must be done 
because justice is what we do in America.
   And that's just the way it is.

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