[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 12013]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 THE BANDITS OF HAMAS KEEP ON SHOOTING

  (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. Madam Speaker, the Hamas terrorists in Gaza keep 
shooting their rockets into Israel. Israel has used defensive weapons 
to intercept some. However, Iranian-backed Hamas keeps on reloading its 
six-shooters and firing into civilian areas.
  The Israeli Government is shooting back and is headed to Gaza to stop 
the bandits.
  Our government wants a cease-fire. Cease-fires in the past have just 
given Hamas time to obtain more ammo rockets from Iran. Also, Hamas 
shields its command centers underneath schools and hospitals in Gaza. 
So it cowers behind women, children, the elderly, and the sick.
  Hamas wants Israel annihilated.
  Israel is following the first natural right of a nation--it is 
protecting its people. Now it has taken the fight to the terrorists, as 
it has a right and an obligation to do.
  The United States should be helping Israel eliminate this terrorist 
group instead of criticizing Israel for protecting its citizens from 
murder. The only way to stop this war against Israel is for Hamas to be 
defeated.
  And that's just the way it is.

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