[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 68 (Thursday, April 26, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3590]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PAKISTAN'S SUPPORT OF TERRORISTS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Pakistan has been betraying the 
international community and is supporting terrorism. The Financial 
Action Task Force officially placed Pakistan on its grey list of 
countries not doing enough to counter terror finance. Not only does 
Pakistan provide safe haven for all stripes of terrorist groups, it 
also turns a blind eye to so-called Islamic charities tied to terrorist 
operations and other terrorist financiers. Pakistan has paid lip 
service to the fight against terrorism, while supporting the very 
criminals that kill Americans and our allies.
  Mr. Speaker, I was just at the White House where the President 
honored many of our wounded warriors, some of them wounded in 
Afghanistan and Iraq. Pakistan's intelligence services have fostered 
working relationships with the Haqqani network, al-Qaida, and the 
Taliban--terrorist groups. Meanwhile, the Pakistan Government has 
received over $30 billion of American aid.
  Pakistan is a Benedict Arnold unfaithful ally. We need to stop paying 
Pakistan to betray us. They will do it for free.
  And that is just the way it is.

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