Congressman Flood Denounces Socialism during House Floor Debate

WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Congressman Mike Flood recently delivered short floor remarks during debate on H. Con. Res. 9, a resolution denouncing the horrors of socialism. Video of the remarks can be found by clicking here. News outlets are welcome to use the footage for their reporting purposes. The full text of the speech is below. 

I rise today in strong support of this resolution condemning socialism. 

I have seen the victims of socialism firsthand; many of those victims have found refuge in Nebraska. 

Vietnamese is the third most-spoken language in Nebraska due to immigration in the 1970s, and members of the Falun Gong have found freedom from religious persecution by the Chinese Communist Party in our great state.

History shows that when socialism is tried it leads to three things: poverty, devastation and ultimately communism.

As Vladimir Lenin once said, “The goal of socialism is communism.”

And socialist regimes continue to commit atrocities around the world.

In North Korea, there is an estimated 180,000 prisoners today. Many of them are subjected to torture and extreme manual labor.

In Venezuela, police and security forces killed more than 19,000 people between 2016 and 2019 for “resisting authority.”

In Cuba, journalists, bloggers and artists are routinely jailed for speaking against the Castro regime.

The list goes on and on. Socialism is anathema not just to free enterprise, but human rights. 

I urge my colleagues to support this resolution.

Thank you and I yield back.