Political Quotes

“I urge my colleagues to vote against amendment No. 2175. If you want to bring the 164 Gitmo detainees to the United States, that is what this amendment will allow the administration to do. The plan they are going to submit requires no congressional oversight, no approval, and though the chairman said they will not get any additional legal rights, he does not answer the question what about constitutional rights if they are brought to our soil. Will they have to be told they have the right to remain silent? If we catch Zawahiri, the current head of Al Qaeda, tomorrow, will he have to be read Miranda rights? Because that is what is happening when we bring them to U.S. soil now. That is the real question. That is not required to be answered by their plan the administration wants sent, and we have no oversight over that plan. I urge my colleagues to vote no on this amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.”