[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14396]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH ON ISIS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS, has been 
doing what terrorists have done for millennia: decimating villages, 
persecuting religious minorities, and massacring the innocent, 
including the brutal public beheadings of two American journalists.
  For the past month, as lawmakers and leaders around the country have 
called for President Obama to outline a plan to respond to this enemy, 
the President has been vacationing, golfing, and fundraising for 
partisan allies.
  The President initially admitted that he doesn't have a strategy for 
dealing with ISIS, a brutal group he once compared to a jayvee team. He 
then indicated his goal was reducing ISIS to a manageable problem.
  This won't do.
  Tonight, the President addresses the Nation. I hope he uses the 
opportunity to make a change. I hope he uses his speech to provide a 
clear strategy. I hope he provides long overdue leadership on this 
issue. The American people and the world are waiting.

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