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| http://hultgren.house.gov//newsroom/press-releases/hultgren-votes-to-counter-isil-with-military-training-in-funding-bill | Hultgren Votes to Counter ISIL with Military Training in Funding Bill | 2014-09-17 | 2014 | 2014-09 | Republican | House | IL | Randy Hultgren | H001059 | hultgren.house.gov | legacy | Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Randy Hultgren (IL-14) today supported H. J. Res. 124, a continuing resolution to fund the government at its current levels for three months which includes an amendment to provide assistance, including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment, to appropriately vetted elements of the Syrian opposition as they struggle against the Islamic State and the Levant (ISIL) expansion. “ISIL continues to grow in numbers and ferocity, and the Iraqi and Syrian peoples and religious minorities are threatened by its bloody rampage,” said Rep. Hultgren. “We need our allies to come together to deal with the threat. Until then, our Commander-in-Chief and our generals have developed this plan as the best course of action without involving our ground troops in another conflict overseas, and I support their decision. The hope is that ISIL will be stopped in its tracks, and that conditions in Syria will promote an end to the conflict. I still have concerns about the risks associated with arming rebel groups, but to do nothing allows ISIL to become further entrenched, expand its control and continue its atrocities. We must be vigilant to ensure these weapons are not turned against us in the future. “Extending government funding at current levels, with no net increase in spending, opens up the opportunity for real deliberations about the need to reverse the current trend of spending more than we take in. Among other provisions, the continuing resolution maintains the ban on taxing internet access, permits agency transfer of funds to carry out the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, provides an additional $59M to help reduce the veterans disability claims backlog and maintains our border security staffing levels.” ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |