[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 21, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H4553]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      HOMELAND SECURITY WATCH LIST

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, according to a recently released 
secret memo by Homeland Security, America now faces new serious 
threats. I'm not referring to al Qaeda, the Somali pirates, or radical 
Islamic terrorists. The memo states we are in danger from single-issue 
groups like gun owners, returning military veterans, the recent tax 
protestors at the TEA parties, and those who want to protect the 
unborn.
  Mr. Speaker, these Americans simply disagree with the administration 
on certain issues. But by disagreeing, they are now labeled and 
vilified by Homeland Security as extremists and threats to America. So 
is Homeland Security going to watch those people and spy on them all 
under the guise of national security? We shall see.
  This is a dangerous policy, an attack on individual liberty and a 
denial of free speech. Homeland Security should do their real job, like 
figuring out what countries and spies are stealing secrets about the 
famed F-35 Fighter rather than making a watch list and snooping around 
in the private lives of patriots who are just exercising their absolute 
right to disagree.
  And that's just the way it is.

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