[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 212 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H5911-H5912]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       COMMUNISTS HATE CHRISTMAS

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, as we approach Christmas 
and families around the world gather to celebrate, it is important that 
we reflect on those not free to worship. Christmas is a time of joy, 
faith, and community. Under totalitarian dictatorships, it is a 
reminder that repression and fear exist.
  Across the globe, dictators impose crushing communist and 
totalitarian systems that deny basic freedoms, including the freedom of 
religion. Christmas celebrations are banned or subverted by war 
criminal Putin and the Chinese Communist Party to worship the state.
  America was founded that faith should be freely practiced, not state-
subverted. We honor the spirit of Christmas and the values of America. 
Merry Christmas to all countries.
  Mr. Speaker, in conclusion, God bless our troops as the global war on 
terrorism continues. Trump is instituting

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peace through strength, revealing war criminal Putin lies, insulting 
and mocking Trump.
  As the New York Post editorialized, Putin sent Witkoff and Jared 
Kushner packing with yet more aerial assaults on Ukrainian civilians. 
American public support for Ukraine is growing.

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