[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 26 (Friday, February 26, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E266]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. JERRY MORAN

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 26, 2010

  Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Madam Speaker, though I was attending a previous 
engagement in Kansas on Friday, February 26, had I been present in the 
House of Representatives, I would have voted in opposition to H.R. 
2701, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (rollcall 
73). Additionally, I would have voted to support the Republican Motion 
to Recommit (rollcall 72).
  I believe this Intelligence Authorization bill is more concerned with 
providing political cover than addressing a number of real national 
security issues, including the administration's misguided efforts to 
close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and transfer detainees to 
the United States, and improving intelligence gathering and 
coordination in the wake of recent attacks at Fort Hood and the 
Christmas Day airline bombing attempt.

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