[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18276-18277]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        ISLAMIC EXTREMISM ATTACK

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Kansas (Mr. Yoder) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, America and her allies are under attack by 
Islamic extremism. The despicable act of terrorism the world witnessed 
over the weekend in Paris, France, serves as a stark reminder that the 
threat posed by ISIS knows no borders.
  French officials have indicated that at least one of the Paris 
attackers linked to ISIS was admitted into Europe as a refugee from 
Syria. Nevertheless, the administration has made it clear that, in 
spite of this, it will continue to seek to bring up to 10,000 Syrian 
refugees to America in the coming year.
  The President's refugee proposal places the interests of other 
nations ahead of the safety and security of the American people. 
Because we are unable to verify whether the next attacker is within 
their midst, we must halt the flow of any refugees into the United 
States from Syria.
  Mr. Speaker, in light of these attacks, now is not the time to open 
our borders to refugees from countries who

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wish to do our citizens harm. Congress stands ready to legislate or use 
the power of the purse should this administration refuse to change 
course on this misguided policy.

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