[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18658]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     THE ISIS THREAT IS NOT A MYTH

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, ISIS has vowed to takes its murderous 
Islamic jihad to America. There are ISIS fighters already here and more 
on the way. Meanwhile, the President wants to add thousands more 
unvetted Syrian refugees to the mix, this when his own FBI Director 
says the Federal Government cannot effectively conduct proper security 
checks on these Syrian nationals.
  Over half of the State Governors have refused to take refugees 
because of the inability to fully vet them. But the administration says 
States have to take the refugees, whether they like it or not.
  The law says the Federal Government must ``consult'' with States 
regarding refugee resettlement, but it is unclear if they can be 
rejected by the States. That is why I have introduced the States' Right 
of Refugee Refusal Act. This bill gives State Governors the choice to 
accept refugees or not.
  Let's resolve this now with legislation, not lawsuits. We don't have 
years to wait for the courts to decide. Meanwhile, let's ramp up aid to 
Syrian refugee camps overseas and encourage our Middle Eastern allies 
like the Saudi Arabians to step up and help.
  The ISIS threat is not a myth.
  And that is just the way it is.

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