[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2103]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             KAYLA MUELLER

  (Mr. GOSAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about Kayla Mueller, one 
of my constituents, who was brutally kidnapped and killed by the 
Islamic State, or ISIS.
  Kayla was a young woman who was still full of youthful exuberance, 
optimism about peace and human relations, and who was willing to put 
her life on the line to help others halfway around the world. She was a 
beautiful soul, and I know she is with God now.
  I am not youthful.
  I see ISIS for what it is.
  This is an Islamic terrorist group that is a scourge to humanity. Our 
society cannot exist with barbaric and evil people who value death over 
life, war over peace, and chaos over order. Their evil deeds are well 
known--as they publicize them--genocide, mass murder, sadistic 
killings.
  I am done. I hope you are, too.
  The elimination of ISIS is long overdue. In order to defeat these 
terrorists, we need a strategic and comprehensive military strategy.

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