[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 21]
[House]
[Pages 28250-28251]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              DON'T BRING TERRORISTS TO THE UNITED STATES

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, we've had people saying yes, we want to 
bring terrorists to New York. We want to bring them to Illinois. We had 
Senator Durbin say, This is a lifeline. This is an opportunity for 
these people to finally have a chance to save their communities, and 
this project will give them that chance. Talking about bringing jobs to 
Illinois, Governor Pat Quinn said the prison that will be proposed in 
Thompson, Illinois, would provide economic opportunity.

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  We're talking about terrorists. And the moment these terrorists put 
their feet in New York after we've spent millions and millions of 
dollars, they will then file a motion to transfer venue. My friends 
across the aisle who have said, we want to look them in the eye and 
sentence them to death will have their statements as exhibits in the 
motion to transfer venue as to why they could not get a fair trial in 
New York.
  This is a huge mistake. A terrorist whose own pleading earlier this 
year says that ``your end is very near and your fall will be just as 
the fall of the towers on the blessed 9/11 day'' does not need to be 
brought to the most densely populated area in the country.
  Don't do it, Mr. President.

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