[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 23, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             GUANTANAMO BAY

  (Mr. YODER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the safety and 
security of every single American, and I stand in opposition to the 
President's plan to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba.
  Let me be clear. Bringing the world's most dangerous terrorists to 
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, or anywhere in the United States is a request 
that Congress cannot and shall not honor.
  The President, however, continues to try to move forward on this in 
spite of vocal American opposition and bipartisan legislation that this 
Congress has passed and that this President has signed into law which 
prohibits bringing these known terrorists onto American soil and 
closing the facility in Cuba.
  Mr. Speaker, nothing changes today. We will not put our national 
security at risk. We will not unilaterally disarm ourselves in the war 
on terror, voluntarily giving up intelligence-gathering capabilities 
and putting our communities in the cross-hairs of terrorists.
  What we simply ask is that the President, as Commander in Chief, 
execute the law and follow the Constitution. That's why, as a Congress, 
we must stand up and do everything in our power to stop the 
administration's transfer of these terrorists to American soil and to 
stop the President from closing the Guantanamo Bay facility.

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