Ted Poe: “Around 11 a.m. on January 7, on a cold winter day in Paris, France, two men armed with AK-47s forced a woman entering…”

“Around 11 a.m. on January 7, on a cold winter day in Paris, France, two men armed with AK-47s forced a woman entering the offices of a French newspaper to let them in. After murdering the security guard in the lobby, they ran up to the second floor and shouted, ``Where is Charb? Where is Charb?'' Charb is the nickname for the newspaper's editor, Mr. Charbonnier. Over the next 5 minutes, the two men would seek out and execute Mr. Charbonnier and 10 other people in the newspaper. They left the building, shouting the Islamic phrase, ``Allah Akbar'' or ``God is the greatest.'' They then murdered a policeman, ran back to their car, shouting, ``We have revenged the Prophet Muhammad.'' You see, Madam Speaker, these killers murdered because the paper exercised the human right of free speech and a free press. The assassin brothers were on the run for 2 days, but on January 9, the police cornered them at a standoff near the Paris airport. The police rescued a hostage, and the brothers were killed, going out just like they wanted to, in a massive firefight as martyrs. On the same day, another gunman, but an accomplice of the two brothers, took hostages at a kosher grocery store on the east side of Paris. Police stormed the grocery store and killed the terrorist, but not before he had murdered Jewish hostages. You see, Madam Speaker, these three killed because people disagreed with them. They killed the Jews because they were Jews.…”