Political Quotes

“I appreciate my friend from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry) for leading this Special Order to highlight, Mr. Speaker, what is at stake in this latest proposal by President Obama. As you can see from the passion that my friend from South Carolina just exhibited, this is an issue that rivets throughout the country. People understand what is at stake. People across America know that there are bad people around the world that want to do us harm. ISIS is on the move. They are not a JV team. They are not being detained. In fact, they are recruiting Westerners. In fact, they are recruiting Americans into the battle. So you look at Guantanamo Bay. And this is something that, for whatever reason, has become a rallying cry for the political left. They wanted to close it down. They wanted to bring those terrorists into the United States, to give them taxpayer-funded rights that the President can't even identify, but that everybody acknowledges they don't deserve. We don't need that kind of threat here. When you look at the President's proposal this week, I think he has made it clear that he has put the political priorities of the far left elements over the safety and security of the United States of America. This would put Americans at risk by bringing these terrorists into the United States. Just go look at what kind of people are being held at Guantanamo Bay. These are the worst of the worst.…”