House GOPers Challenge Obama Administration Over Gitmo Closure
Travis Martinez, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service
Congressmen Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and other high ranking House Republicans Wednesday discussed a letter they sent to President Barack Obama outlining national security concerns raised by the administration’s decision to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to prisons in the U.S.
“Throughout this year, a bipartisan majority in Congress has listened to the American people and voted against importing these dangerous terrorist into the U.S,” the letter stated. “Republicans want to work in a bipartisan way on a comprehensive plan to keep America safe, but we will not stand by as your administration defies the will of the American people and brings these terrorist to U.S. soil.”
Rep. Hoekstra also introduced a discharge petition to force a vote on his pending bill H.R. 2294, the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act. The bill was introduced earlier this year by House Minority Leader John Boehner and would require the president to notify Congress 60 days prior to the transfer or release of any Guantanamo Bay detainee.
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