[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 27, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E597]
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              COMBATING TERRORIST RECRUITMENT ACT OF 2016

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                               speech of

                       HON. DONALD M. PAYNE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 26, 2016

  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, the agreed upon mission of the Countering 
Violent Extremism Taskforce ``to review terror travel programs, and 
issue a report that may include recommendations based on this review.''
  I agreed to serve on the task force because I agree that we must do 
everything we can to prevent acts of terrorism on our homeland, and 
terror travel programs is one of many terrorism-related threats we must 
address.
  The bipartisan Taskforce Report I signed included general 
recommendations related to terror travel programs--it did not include 
specific legislative proposals nor did it suggest that we should 
prioritize the threat of foreign terrorist organizations over the 
threat posed by domestic terror organizations.
  As a Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and the 
Representative of a diverse Congressional district in New Jersey, I 
recognize that we must do everything in our power to prevent our 
communities from being terrorized, regardless of the motivation.
  We need to prevent the radicalization of people inspired by anti-
government ideology who might ultimately try to occupy Federal 
facilities.
  We need to prevent the radicalization of people inspired by racism 
who might ultimately sit through an evening prayer service at a 
predominantly black church and then shoot the other attendees.
  And we need to prevent the radicalization of people inspired by a 
perverse interpretation of religion from carrying out attacks on 
American soil.
  No one version of radicalization is more dangerous than another.
  And we cannot treat them differently.
  That is why I cannot support H.R. 4820.

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