[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 23, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H837]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           THE HOUSE WILL STOP THE CLOSURE OF GUANTANAMO BAY

  (Mr. OLSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. OLSON. Madam Speaker, today, our administration announced that 
they would go against the American people and shut down Guantanamo Bay 
Cuba, GTMO.
  The detainees being held at GTMO are there for one reason--our 
Constitution.
  The administration wants to give the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the same constitutional rights he took from 
nearly 3,000 innocent Americans whom he killed on September 11, 2001. 
All of the detainees at GTMO were captured by our military on the 
battleground, not by the police. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was never told 
he had the right to remain silent when he was captured. Does he go 
free? Is there another loophole to his freedom?
  Our administration's actions are against the will of the American 
people and are dangerous. This House and I will stop them.

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