[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 177 (Thursday, December 8, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H7403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
STOP ARMING TERRORISTS
(Ms. GABBARD asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute.)
Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Speaker, under U.S. law, it is illegal for you or me
or any American to provide any type of assistance to al Qaeda, ISIS, or
other terrorist groups. If we broke this law, we would be thrown in
jail. Yet the U.S. Government has been violating this law for years,
directly and indirectly supporting allies and partners of groups like
al Qaeda and ISIS with money, weapons, intelligence, and other support
in their fight to overthrow the Syrian Government.
A recent New York Times article confirmed that ``rebel groups''
supported by the U.S. ``have entered into battlefield alliances with
the affiliate of al Qaeda in Syria, formerly known as Al Nusra.''
The Wall Street Journal reports that rebel grounds are ``doubling
down on their alliance'' with al Qaeda. This alliance has rendered the
phrase ``moderate rebels'' meaningless. We must stop this madness. We
must stop arming terrorists.
I am introducing the Stop Arming Terrorists Act today to prohibit
taxpayer dollars from being used to support terrorists.
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