[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5125]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 H.R. 390, IRAQ AND SYRIA GENOCIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF AND ACCOUNTABILITY 
                              ACT OF 2017

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 29, 2017

  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the evil group, ISIS, intentionally 
targeted Christians worldwide because of their religious belief. But 
ISIS did not only target Christians. They targeted any religious group, 
including some Muslims who disagree with them.
  These sick folks are proud of the fact that they commit genocide. 
ISIS fighters posted videos and pictures online of their barbaric 
beheadings of Christians and others who refused to bow to their 
ideology.
  Thanks to these horrendous crimes against humanity, for the first 
time since Jesus there are almost no Christians left in this part of 
the world. There were 1.5 million Christians in Iraq in 2003. Since 
that time, terrorists have either killed or forced Christians to run 
for their lives.
  The massacres committed by this terrorist group in the name of a 
perverted jihad religion are the worst crimes we have seen in our 
lifetime. H.R. 390 will help those groups that have suffered 
unimaginable atrocities at the hands of ISIS get the assistance they 
need. I am proud to be a cosponsor of this bill. This legislation 
demands ISIS be held accountable for what it does. By identifying these 
perpetrators of genocide we will be able to hold criminal trials and 
bring them to justice. After all, isn't justice what we do in the 
United States?
  And that is just the way it is.

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