[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 170 (Monday, October 28, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8465]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        SALUTING OUR TROOPS FOR ELIMINATING ABU BAKR AL-BAGHDADI

  (Ms. FOXX of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, today, thanks to the 
relentless efforts of our military's special operations servicemembers, 
ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is dead and our world is a safer 
place. Saturday night's victory over this violent enemy is due to our 
troops' selfless sacrifices and superior work with our Nation's 
intelligence operatives.
  President Trump has shown that under his command there is no safe 
place for terrorists, and I thank him and our troops for helping keep 
our country free and safe.
  Providing national security is the number one job of the Federal 
Government. Now it is time the House of Representatives puts our troops 
first by passing the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for 
Fiscal Year 2020 to support our military's continued success and ensure 
the safest possible outcome in all its missions.

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