[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 175 (Monday, November 14, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1141-E1142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              INTRODUCTION OF THE JUSTICE FOR SHIREEN ACT

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                           HON. ANDRE CARSON

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 14, 2022

  Mr. CARSON. Madam Speaker, I am proud to introduce the Justice for 
Shireen Act today. I thank my House and Senate colleagues that joined 
me to call on the FBI and State Department, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense and Director of National Intelligence, to submit a 
report to Congress on the death of American-Palestinian Journalist, 
Shireen Abu Akleh. I send my deep condolences to the Abu Akleh family 
for this terrible killing and stand with them to demand justice and 
accountability.
  Shireen Abu Akleh, an American-Palestinian journalist, was killed on 
May 11, 2022. She was killed wearing a clearly marked press vest

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on assignment, reporting on a military raid which took place in the 
occupied city of Jenin. In May, I led a letter, signed by 58 Members of 
Congress, to the FBI and State Department calling for an independent 
and open investigation led by her home country, the United States and 
24 Senators have echoed this request. It has been six months since we 
have sent this letter. Today, I continue to call for answers into the 
death of Shireen Abu Akleh.
  As an American, Ms. Abu Akleh was entitled to the full protections 
afforded to U.S. citizens living abroad. As Members of Congress, we 
need to uphold the values that our Nation was founded on, including 
human rights, equality for all, and freedom of speech. As Members of 
Congress, we have a duty to protect Americans reporting abroad. An 
Israeli investigation has concluded, finding that it was indeed an 
Israel Solider that shot Ms. Abu Akleh in her line of duty. It is the 
responsibility of the U.S. to learn all the unanswered questions 
leading up to, during and after the fatal shot that killed Ms. Abu 
Akleh. Additionally, this bill requires an identification of any United 
States defense materials or services that were implicated in the death 
of Ms. Abu Akleh. No U.S. weapons and military services by the U.S. 
should be used to kill Americans on foreign soil. American taxpayers 
should not be paying for any violation of human rights abroad.
  Madam Speaker, I hope my colleagues will join me in calling for 
justice and accountability for Shireen Abu Akleh.

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