[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13702]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             ODD GUN POLICY

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it seems the administration has 
finally made up its mind and will arm the Syrian rebels. Never mind 
Syria is in the messy midst of a civil war. That involvement is not in 
the national security interest of the United States.
  The other rebel groups include foreign mercenaries, criminals, and, 
in my opinion, half are al Qaeda operatives. That includes al Qaeda 
from the state of Iraq and al-Nusra, an al Qaeda terrorist group. The 
last I heard, Mr. Speaker, the United States is at war with al Qaeda.
  There is no way our government can prevent the guns sent to Syria 
from getting into the hands of al Qaeda rebels. The administration 
constantly and conveniently goes out of its way to keep Americans from 
possessing firearms, but it seems to be enthusiastically delighting in 
running guns into other countries--to groups like drug cartels in 
Mexico, rebel groups in Libya and al Qaeda in Syria.
  Odd gun policy, don't you think, Mr. Speaker?
  And that's just the way it is.

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