[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 24, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           CLOSING GUANTANAMO

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the President 
announced a dangerous proposal, to close Guantanamo and bring 
terrorists to America. One of the proposed locations is near 
Charleston, South Carolina, creating a risk of attacks to adjacent 
schools, churches, neighborhoods, and ports.
  I have visited Guantanamo twice. This is the right location to house 
terrorists who are obsessed to kill American families.
  The 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, signed by the President, 
bars the closure of Guantanamo. Congress voted that remote Guantanamo 
is the safest location for mass murderers of American families, which 
discourages further attacks, and no one wants to be in Communist Cuba.
  I appreciate Speaker Paul Davis Ryan, Senators Tim Scott and Lindsey 
Graham, Governor Nikki Haley, Attorney General Alan Wilson, and the 
South Carolina House delegation for their efforts to prevent the 
closure of Guantanamo to protect American families.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President, by his 
actions, never forget September the 11th in the global war on 
terrorism.

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