[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 182 (Monday, December 9, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H6449]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        DICTATOR ASSAD DEFEATED

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
South Carolina (Mr. Wilson) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, on Truth 
Social, President-elect Donald Trump correctly identified that: ``Assad 
is gone''. . . . ``His protector, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by 
Vladimir Putin . . . because of Ukraine, where close to 600,000 Russian 
soldiers lay wounded or dead . . . forever.
  Russia and Iran ``are in a weakened state right now, one because of 
Ukraine and a bad economy, the other because of Israel and its fighting 
success.''
  Courageous Ukrainians, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, have 
determined Israelis, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have made 
an achievement for freedom and democracy for the world. With maximum 
pressure by President Donald Trump, peace through strength will become 
a reality. Americans should read National Review's ``The Morning Jolt'' 
with Jim Geraghty today ``The World's Most Murderous Ophthalmologist 
Calls It Quits.''
  In conclusion, God bless our troops as the global war on terrorism 
continues. Open borders for dictators put all Americans at risk of more 
9/11 attacks imminent, as warned by the FBI. Trump will reinstitute 
existing laws to protect American families with peace through strength, 
and our sympathy and prayers to beloved Congressman  Mike Burgess on 
the passing of his daughter Christine Burgess.

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