[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 28027]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             NEW YORKERS ARE BEING USED IN TERRORIST TRIALS

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, our Attorney General intends to bring self-
confessed terrorists to the most densely populated area in America. I 
know we have friends from New York that think this is a grand idea. 
They don't realize they're being used. We even have friends from New 
York who say, Bring these terrorists to New York; we want to try them 
so we can look them in the eye and sentence them to death.
  Well, coming from a judge, a former judge, who has looked people in 
the eye and sentenced them to death, I know something about it. They're 
being used.
  Once those terrorists set foot on New York--probably not before--the 
change of venue motion will be filed and people's comments like that--
``we want to try them, then put them to death''--those will be used in 
support of the motion to change venue. They are not likely to be tried 
there with or without the terrorist activity and the threats and all 
that will follow. It is a bad idea. I hope cooler minds will prevail so 
they get the punishment they deserve.

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