[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H275]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                            IRAN PROTESTERS

  (Mr. GUEST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, the people of Iran are protesting the current 
Iranian regime that has for decades suppressed the Iranian people and 
denied them the freedoms that we as Americans hold near and dear. The 
Iranian people are protesting to hold the Iranian Government 
responsible for the history of brutality against its own citizens and 
the world.
  They are marching in the streets for the 1,500 Iranians killed by the 
Islamic Revolutionary Guard in December of 2019. They are marching in 
the streets for the deaths of 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 20 Ukrainians, 
4 Afghans, 4 Britons, and 3 Germans when the Iranian military destroyed 
the passenger plane upon which they were flying. They are marching in 
the streets against years of brutality at the hands of the Supreme 
Leader and the terrorist Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
  Make no mistake, Mr. Speaker, these people are marching for their 
freedom and the future of their country.
  President Ronald Reagan in his farewell address to our Nation 
described our country as a bright, shining city on a hill that served 
as a beacon for freedom-loving people everywhere. As that beacon, we 
must stand with the protesters who seek freedom from this brutal 
regime.

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