[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5795]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S FAILURE TO STOP TERRORISM IN THE UNITED 
                                 STATES

  (Mr. COTTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COTTON. I rise today to express grave doubts about the Obama 
administration's counterterrorism policies and programs. 
Counterterrorism is often shrouded in secrecy--as it should be. So let 
us judge by the results.
  In barely 4 years in office, five jihadists have reached their 
targets in the United States under Barack Obama: the Boston Marathon 
Bomber, the Underwear Bomber, the Times Square Bomber, the Fort Hood 
shooter, and, in my own State, the Little Rock recruiting office 
shooter.
  In over 7 years after 9/11, under George W. Bush, how many terrorists 
reached their targets in the United States? Zero.
  We need to ask: Why is the Obama administration failing in its 
mission to stop terrorism before it reaches its targets in the United 
States?

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