Frankly, I wish Congress had been more resolute in that regard, also, back in 2013.

Secretary Carter, you said Assad cannot be part of the future. Is that the explicit view of the President of the United States?

I wonder why the President has not directed us to prevent these civilian fatalities and casualties by taking out Assad's air force.

Do you agree that we have the capability to take out Assad's air force?

Well, we certainly haven't seen that out of the Russian leadership.

I am honored to present testimony to you regarding the impact a transfer of detainees from the Detention Center at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station to the Disciplinary Barracks at Ft. Leavenworth will have on our city, county, region and the…

There is no issue on my part to pursue the death penalty at all.

Today I encourage everyone to focus on the facts and not baseless fear.

I want to make it clear that Guantanamo Bay has served its purpose and must be closed.

Closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility is a National security imperative.

How can we even feasibly understand what type of threat any one of those people could bring to our community?

There has been no communication. We have no idea.

the impact a transfer of detainees from the Detention Center at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station to the Disciplinary Barracks at Ft. Leavenworth will have on our city, county, region and the Fort itself.

To bring them into a community such as Governor Haley's Charleston, or bringing them to something like Fort Leavenworth where there are communities of veterans as well as just citizens like myself living there, that is going to cause them…

I have no further speakers and I am prepared to close. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry).

I would also like to thank the witnesses for appearing to testify to examine terror groups operating in Southeast Asia and their allegiances to other terrorist groups such as the Islamic State and al-Qaeda.

In recent years, from Boston to Charleston, we have seen individuals operating within our communities and living among us plot to cause mass harm in the name of a violent extremist and hateful ideology. Today much has been made of the fact…

I rise to speak on the amendment for 3 minutes, if I might. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.