On the recordNovember 20, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time for the purpose of closing. Mr. Speaker, this resolution shines a critical light on the lives, opportunities, and cultures lost in Iraq due to ISIS' campaign of terror. The State Department rightfully declared ISIS responsible for genocide in 2016, but Congress had been too late to respond. The Yezidis, Shabak, as well as Chaldean, Syriac, and Assyrian Christians deserve equitable representation in the recorded history of Iraqi society. I am proud to stand with my bipartisan colleagues in supporting Iraqi religious and ethnic minorities who, for too long, have gone unnoticed. Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues will join me in supporting H. Res. 554, and I yield back the balance of my time.
