[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14397]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        STRATEGY TO DEFEAT ISIS

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this summer America has 
witnessed the horrific actions of ISIS as it marched into Iraq as part 
of its mission to create an Islamic state.
  As a 29-year Air Force veteran, I know trouble when I see it, and so 
do the American people. ISIS is a direct threat to America and our 
democratic way of life. Congress and the American people want, need, 
and deserve a clearly defined strategy from our President to defeat 
ISIS--not a strategy to degrade or contain or manage, but a strategy to 
defeat ISIS.
  Tomorrow Americans remember the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. 
As we remember all those we lost that day, let us also remember the 
hard lessons those attacks taught us: that we must always be vigilant 
in protecting the American way of life and all that we hold dear.

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