On the recordNovember 17, 2015
First of all, I would like to thank the chairman, Chairman Royce, and Ranking Member Engel for the great leadership they are providing at this moment in our history when we need that type of leadership the most. What we are witnessing is an attack on Western civilization. Radical Islamic terrorists are seeking to terrorize the West into a retreat. We fought and defeated an evil ideology that would have implanted an atheist dictatorship on the world not that long ago. We defeated this evil force, Communism, just as we defeated the Nazism and Japanese militarism before that. Today, the West again is confronted with an evil force that would threaten the world. Again, America must stand tall, and we must provide the leadership to save mankind from this evil threat. We will defeat radical Islamic terrorism. We are Americans. We will lead the way. We say to the people of France at this moment of suffering: Lafayette, we are here.





