[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3608]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             KEEP THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A SAFE PLACE

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to see that the House 
came together to have unanimous support for a resolution condemning the 
Brussels attacks, the terrorism, and the loss of life there as a result 
of terrorist activity.
  We can't just stop there, though, with words from the House. We need 
to have action to ensure that our allies know that they are our allies. 
But also, our first primary goal is the safety of the United States 
citizens and the United States soil.
  We need to vet whoever is going to be immigrating to this country, 
whoever the so-called immigrants are, and we need to be vetting the 
refugees here. It is our first obligation for the safety of the 
American people and the soil of the U.S. that we have the full 
information on who is coming here and who they are.
  The methods we have now are endangering our country because we don't 
know who is coming here, and they certainly don't look like refugees in 
a lot of cases.
  Mr. Speaker, I think this is an important first step to be in 
lockstep with the people of Belgium in their time of struggle and need. 
Let's also remember that we need to keep the United States of America a 
safe place.

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