[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12069-12070]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HELPING TERRORISTS

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, there is a fundamental 
disagreement in this House of Representatives over how to protect our 
Nation and our approach to national security. And these differences are 
no more blatant than in the Department of Homeland Security 
authorization bill that passed this House just yesterday.
  While law enforcement officials were arresting six potential 
terrorists who planned to attack a military base in New Jersey, this 
Democrat majority was already working hard to strip commonsense 
immigration reforms from the authorization bill. Never mind that three 
of the would-be terrorists were in the country illegally, never mind 
that stronger enforcement and better resources for our Customs and 
Border agents could have very well kept these men from getting across 
the border.
  It is outrageous that this majority would proactively undermine an 
opportunity to strengthen our Nation's defenses, support our first 
responders,

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and track who is coming into our country.
  American common sense appears not to have extended to the majority 
party. There are fundamental differences in how we plan to protect 
America. Our enemies are watching and so are the American people.

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