[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 26, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   KEEP TERRORISTS LOCKED UP IN CUBA

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, President Obama says that closing 
the terrorist detention center in Cuba will help America's image abroad 
and make America safer. This idea is contrary to common sense, 
nonsensical, irrational, counterintuitive, and dangerous. Since the 
President has announced his intention to close the military prison, 
there have been more attempted terrorist attacks, not fewer. The 
terrorists sense weakness, not strength.
  Keeping terrorists locked up in Cuba, rather than transferring them 
to the U.S. or other countries, is the only way to protect Americans. 
If they go to other countries, they can be released. If they go to the 
U.S., they can get constitutional rights, like citizens, which they 
certainly don't deserve. The administration should treat terrorists 
like terrorists and leave them in Cuba.

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