[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19935]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   THE PRESIDENT SHOULD CHANGE COURSE

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, it is sad to me that it 
took the President 5 days to identify the attack in San Bernardino as 
terrorism. After I heard the tragic news last Wednesday, I knew in 5 
seconds it was a terrorist attack.
  The President needs to revisit the 
9/11 Memorial in New York City, which clearly establishes the timeline 
of the global war on terrorism. He can see copies of fatwas by Islamic 
extremists declaring war on modern civilization dated in 1996. The war 
has never stopped.
  The Second Amendment's right to bear arms has never been more 
important for citizens to protect their families. The thought that gun 
control can stop terrorism is a diversion from the real threats. This 
was revealed by the mass murders in Paris, despite French strict gun 
control.
  In the past weeks, the terrorists' mass murders have been horrifying, 
of Lebanese, Russians, and French, along with Americans in Iraq, 
Israel, Paris, and San Bernardino, of Muslims, Christians, and Jews.
  The President should change course to actually destroy ISIL, not just 
give pathetic political lectures. We are facing an enemy that requires 
us to set aside partisanship to protect American families.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President by his 
actions never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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