IRAQ AND SYRIA GENOCIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017

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\[H.R. 390\](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/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. \[H.R. 390\](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/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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