On the recordDecember 2, 2015
Madam President, before we get too wrapped up with our concern for the Syrian refugees, let's keep in mind that this administration doesn't have a policy in the Middle East today and hasn't had one since it came into office. It doesn't have a policy in Syria. They don't know where we are. He has drawn a line in the sand and just ignored his commitments. We wouldn't have all of these Syrian refugees if we had a policy in the first place. Secondly, it was this administration's own Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, who said that it is a fact that the refugees who come in from Syria could very well be bringing terrorists into the United States, and I think we need to consider that and consider our citizens before we consider some of the others. There are other options. We could have no-fly zones and have refugees settled in their own country, and that would be a lot safer for America and a lot cheaper. Anyway, that is not why I am here. President Obama made a lot of points to the American people in 2010 about how ObamaCare would improve health care for everyone. He said it would lower costs, it would expand access, and it would make health care more affordable for everyone. Yet, 5 years after this law's passage, ObamaCare has only increased premiums and increased deductibles, cut down employee work hours, and threatened the religious liberty of many employers who are providing needed jobs in a slow economy.…





