[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19559]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        IT IS TIME FOR THE UNITED STATES TO BE AT WAR WITH ISIS

  (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. December 7, 1941--a date which will live in infamy. 
No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated 
invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win 
through to absolute victory. So help us, Almighty God.
  Mr. Speaker, that was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's reaction to an 
attack on the United States.
  Last night, Mr. Speaker, President Obama held a rare Oval Office 
address to give his update on ISIS. His message--stay the course with 
the same ineffective strategy. Not as inspiring as Franklin Delano 
Roosevelt's address when the United States faced another enemy.
  The President has promised no ground troops and more gun control. He 
called ISIS the JV team. They defied American airstrikes and expanded 
their caliphate, killing everyone in their way.
  He declared ISIS was contained hours before 130 people were 
slaughtered in the City of Light. He said there was no immediate, 
credible threat to the homeland. Days later, 14 people died in San 
Bernardino at the hands of ISIS sympathizers.
  Mr. Speaker, Congress needs to approve an authorization to use 
military force, specifically against ISIS. ISIS is at war with the 
United States. It is time for the United States to be at war with ISIS, 
and the Commander in Chief should lead us to absolute victory.
  And that is just the way it is.

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