Speaker. I rise in support of todays amendment to authorize the training and equipping of appropriately vetted elements of Syrian opposition to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. better known as ISIS. I have been to the border of Turkey and Syria and met with opposition leaders and refugees. which now total more than 2 million people. and I have seen the ramifications of standing on the sidelines of this conflict. such as increased risk to our national security and interests. regional instability. and immense human suffering. ISIS poses a serious and grave threat to the United States and it must be destroyed. This action alone will not topple ISIS. but it is a foundational element of any broad effort to root out this barbaric terrorist army and prevent its followers from taking further hold in the Middle East and one day. as they have threatened to do. bring their brutality here to our homeland.
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