[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11274]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          THE MEK STILL WAITS

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 15, 2011

  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, almost a year ago to the day, on July 
16, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals ordered the U.S. State Department 
to go back and re-evaluate the ``terrorist'' designation of the MEK. 
Since then, the State Department has stalled. At hearings and in letter 
after letter, Congress has asked for updates but the State Department 
just plays the same tape over and over ``we're working on it.''
  What exactly is taking so long? We haven't seen any new evidence. All 
the old evidence, classified and unclassified, does not describe a 
terrorist group, but a bunch of people that want to be free. They have 
given up their weapons, forsworn terrorism, and only ask that they can 
live in peace without being massacred by Iraqi troops or Iranian 
agents. Enough with the stalling. The State Department needs to get its 
act together and make a decision. If there is evidence of terrorism, 
show us. But if there is not, then take this group off the list today.
  And that's just the way it is.

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