[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13726]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                               KURDISTAN

  (Mr. POLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, over the conflict in the area of Iraq, dating 
from the first gulf war to the second, we have had staunch allies in 
the Kurdish people.
  And just as the American people had within them the desire for 
independence in 1776, so, too, rises the tide of self-determination 
among the Kurdish people. And should they choose to take that path in a 
referendum and seek to separate themselves from the failing Iraqi 
State, I strongly encourage America to promptly recognize a new, 
independent Kurdistan to take its place among other important American 
allies, like Israel, in the region.

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