[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 19, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5274]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  THE SULTAN OF TURKEY HAS GONE ROGUE

  (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, Turkish President Erdogan will stop at 
nothing to spread instability and chaos across the globe. He is funding 
mosques around the world as a means of supporting Islamic extremism.
  These mosques are helping to indoctrinate an increasing number of 
radicals. These are the very same radicals who have gone on to commit 
terror attacks in other countries, like France, Belgium, and elsewhere.
  In an effort to keep their citizens safe from terrorists, Austria has 
begun to fight back. Austria closed seven Turkish-funded mosques and 
expelled several dozen imams from their country because they are a 
national security risk. This is just the first step in putting the 
brakes on the new Ottoman Sultan: Erdogan.
  Unfortunately, Erdogan has already turned his own country into a 
full-blown Islamist state. Now he is trying to radicalize other nations 
by supporting clandestine insurgent extremists. The Sultan of Turkey 
has gone rogue.
  The United States should not sell new F-35s to this dictator until he 
changes his ways.
  And that is just the way it is.

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