Bill Pascrell: “I certainly don't question the motivations of the gentleman who has sponsored this bill. He is a good man, a good…”

“I certainly don't question the motivations of the gentleman who has sponsored this bill. He is a good man, a good American, and loves his country, but I believe it is misdirected. I really do. In my hand, if you remember, there is a report from 2009, the beginning of the Obama administration. All that work was done in the previous administration on this report. The report is quite revealing. Anybody who is on Homeland Security should read it because it tells us that we need not only to carry out the oath of office, half of it, but we should defend the country against foreign intruders. Also, it says in our oath ``domestic'' as well. This report lays out very clearly what is going on in the United States of America in our backyards. It was squashed. I remember the day when a Democratic Secretary of the Homeland Security heard from me about it, that she should not have bent over because those on the other side wanted this report squashed. There have been articles written since that time, 2009, of how it was squashed. They didn't want the American people to read this. That is quite, quite a report. So I rise in opposition, Mr. Speaker, to H.R. 4820. No one loves this country more than the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Thompson). I am not on that committee anymore, but no one respects it more than Bennie Thompson. Why is he opposed to this? Is he opposed to this because he doesn't love his country as much as the folks on the other side of the aisle?…”