On July 28, 2014 Rep. Wolf asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of Representatives for a few minutes regarding the religious cleansing of Christians in Iraq:
“Mr. Speaker, another Sunday has come and gone without mass being said in Mosul.
There is no doubt about it; religious cleansing is continuing to occur in Iraq. The churches have been seized and some turned into mosques. Every trace of Christianity is being eradicated in Iraq. The Christians’ property has been seized, looted, and given to others.
Canon Andrew White, the vicar of the only Anglican church in Baghdad, Iraq, recently stated, “Things are so desperate, our people are disappearing. We have had our people massacred, their heads chopped off. Are we seeing the end of Christianity? We are committed,” he said, “come what may, we will keep going to the end, but it looks as though the end could be near.”
Vicar White, continuing, said, “The Christians are in grave danger. They are literally living in the desert and on the street. They have nowhere to go.”
The question remains: What should the world be doing to help the Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq?
The administration has taken a small step, although it needs to do much more. The President of the United States needs to speak out on this issue.
This morning, after a 9-month vacancy, the White House announced the nomination of Rabbi David Saperstein to be the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. Rabbi Saperstein is well-respected on these matters and has been engaged on this issue for a long time. I welcome this nomination. It is a good nomination, and I ask the Senate to confirm Rabbi Saperstein quickly.
On Friday, the House passed legislation that creates the position of Special Envoy for Religious Minorities in the Middle East and South Central Asia. This was bipartisan legislation that was introduced by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and myself. Our office worked closely with our former colleague, Senator Roy Blunt.
I call on the President to sign this bill quickly and to fill this position as quickly as possible. Time is of the essence. We cannot afford to wait any longer. Christianity, as we now know it, is being wiped out before our very eyes in Iraq”, said Wolf.
Source: Congressional Record http://thomas.loc.gov/
Sadly Rep. Wolf is ignorant to who is actually responsible for funding the madness and terror in Iraq. As well who is killing and slaughtering the Christians in the first place – ISIS.
ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), alternately translated as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). ISIS grew significantly as an organization owing to its participation in the Syrian Civil War. It is part of the rebel movement that the US is supporting against the Assad regime in Syria. *
Congressman Wolf, the most senior of the 11 members of the House of Representatives from Virginia, is serving in his 17th term in Congress. He represents the 10th District, which stretches from McLean to Winchester.
Congressman Wolf sits on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, where he is the chairman of the Commerce-Justice-Science subcommittee. He also serves on the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development and State and Foreign Operations subcommittees. In addition, he is the co-chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bipartisan organization which works to raise awareness about international human rights issues.
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* See report: Has the Obama administration ever armed ISIS with lethal weapons? Inquiring minds would like to know! https://groundreport.com/has-the-obama-administration-ever-armed-isis-with-lethal-weapons-inquiring-minds-would-like-to-know/
See video: US was responsible for training ISIS in Jordan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuo7-U7mOo
See video: Rand Paul: Obama’s plans means siding with Islamic terrorists http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xjc-ToK7AQ
See video: US funding terrorists in Syria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3wunzGveRM
See video: US funding terrorists organizations in Syria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbIRGbeipbw
See also article: Article implicates officials in US Embassy in Ankara, Turkey in covert effort to fund, train and support ISIS terrorists in Syria and Iraq https://groundreport.com/article-implicates-officials-in-us-embassy-in-ankara-turkey-in-covert-effort-to-fund-train-and-support-isis-terrorists-in-syria-and-iraq/