[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8694-8695]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    NAVAL STATION AT GUANTANAMO BAY

  (Mr. HOLDING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HOLDING. Mr. Speaker, last week, The Washington Post reported 
that at least 12 former Guantanamo detainees, after being released, had 
gone on to lead and participate in attacks against Americans and allied 
forces in Afghanistan. And most troubling, Mr. Speaker, the report 
noted that these attacks cost American lives.

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  Mr. Speaker, the Obama administration's plan to shutter our detention 
facility at Guantanamo Bay and accelerate the transfer of detainees to 
foreign nations or even the United States is both misguided and 
extremely dangerous.
  I am committed to preventing the closure of Guantanamo and the 
further transfer of detainees. Mr. Speaker, even one detainee returning 
to the battlefield is too many.
  This administration needs to acknowledge the reality of the threat 
posed by these detainees and abandon their ill-advised attempt to close 
Guantanamo Bay.

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