John Culberson: “Let me point out to all the Members of the House and those listening here this evening that the section Mr. Nadler…”

“Let me point out to all the Members of the House and those listening here this evening that the section Mr. Nadler attempts to strike is the only thing standing between President Barack Obama and his attempt to close Guantanamo Bay and transfer all these killers, these cowards, and these foreign nationals captured on the foreign battlefields either attempting to or having already killed American soldiers. This language that Mr. Nadler is attempting to strike prohibits, says: None of the funds appropriated by this or any other act may be used to construct or acquire or modify any facility in the United States to house any individual transferred into the United States from Guantanamo Bay. So, Mr. Chairman, we have got two provisions in this bill: no money to transfer anybody from Guantanamo into the United States--and that amendment, which will be a record vote, will be decisively defeated by the House in a minute--and then this amendment which Mr. Nadler is offering. We have put language in this bill for the last several years to make sure that President Obama cannot use Federal hard-earned taxpayer dollars to build a prison facility or modify it to house anybody transferred from Guantanamo. Now, this is very clear-cut. This is very simple. Obviously anybody held, if you are in a military tribunal, you get due process. That is not the issue. What Mr.…”