Political Quotes

“And I submit for the Record letters between the committees of jurisdiction. Madam Speaker, the history of civilization is under attack. The Islamic State, also known as ISIS, continues to wreak havoc throughout Iraq and Syria, laying a path of death and destruction in order to establish and expand its caliphate. {time} 2000 No offense is more appalling than the terrorists' complete disregard for human life. ISIS has unleashed a campaign of sickening violence against Shi'a Muslims and fellow Sunnis who do not share their radical beliefs, as well as against vulnerable religious and ethnic minorities. This includes its public beheadings and executions and the selling of women and girls into sexual slavery. Besides the human toll of ISIS' deplorable acts, we also mourn the loss of society's cultural heritage, as the extremists loot and destroy their way through ancient sites in the territories they conquer. We have seen heartbreaking footage of ISIS drilling their way through priceless artifacts in Mosul and bulldozing magnificent Mesopotamian ruins in the 3000-year-old city of Nimrud. ISIS claims the annihilation of cultural sites is meant to counter idolatry, but clearly these terrorists have another goal: to remove all traces of the region's rich and diverse religious and cultural past.…”