mrs. walorski: thank you. i yield one minute to our chairwoman of our oversight and investigations committee mrs. hartzler. the chair: the gentlelady from missouri is recognized for one minute. mrs. hartzler: thank you. i rise in support of this very important amendment. you know, we live in a dangerous world. whether it's the ongoing conflict in yemen, the march of isil the slaughter of christians by boko haram, the murder of innocence byal that back or the threat of attacking americans by al qaeda, the rise of islamic extremism is real and we need a safe, effective place to detain these terrorists. gitmo is a unique place. now is not the time to transfer these detainees or close its doors. i had the opportunity to visit guantanamo bay and see the operations there first harned and i can confirm that -- firsthand and i can confirm that gitmo is the most safest play to hold detainees who threaten the u.s. and our allies. we need to continue to protect american citizens from some of the world's most dangerous ind

mrs. walorski: thank you. eld one minute to our chairwoman of our oversight and investigations committee mrs. hartzler. the chair: the gentlelady from missouri is recognized for one minute. mrs. hartzler: thank you. i rise in support of this very important amendment. you know, we live in a dangerous world. whether it's the ongoing conflict in yemen, the march of isil the slaughter of christians by boko haram, the murder of innocence byal that back or the threat of attacking americans by al qaeda, the rise of islamic extremism is real and we need a safe, effective place to detain these terrorists. gitmo is a unique place. now is not the time to transfer these detainees or close its doors. i had the opportunity to visit guantanamo bay and see the operations there first harned and i can confirm that -- firsthand and i can confirm that gitmo is the most safest play to hold detainees who threaten the u.s. and our allies. we need to continue to protect american citizens from some of the world's most dangerous individ

mrs. walorski: thank you mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman from washington is recognized, the gentleman has 45 seconds. mr. smilt: i yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 45 seconds. mr. nadler: thank you, mr. speaker. it is truly astonishing that in 2015, the united states continues to hold people indefinitely who have not been charged, let alone convicted, of any crime, who have been judged not to pose a threat to the united states. continuing to hold these people without trial is a rebuke to our notion of liberty. some of these people are terrorist bus some are not they have been judged not to be a threat to the united states. some of them may be victim of the fact that we give bounties to people who say they turn in terrorists. the hatfields turned in the mccoys because why not? we were giving them a few thousand dollars. we have supermax prisons in the united states from which no one has ever escaped. there's no reason to spend the mone

mrs. walorski: thank you. i yield one minute to our chairwoman of our oversight and investigations committee mrs. hartzler. the chair: the gentlelady from missouri is recognized for one minute. mrs. hartzler: thank you. i rise in support of this very important amendment. you know, we live in a dangerous world. whether it's the ongoing conflict in yemen, the march of isil the slaughter of christians by boko haram, the murder of innocence byal that back or the threat of attacking americans by al qaeda, the rise of islamic extremism is real and we need a safe, effective place to detain these terrorists. gitmo is a unique place. now is not the time to transfer these detainees or close its doors. i had the opportunity to visit guantanamo bay and see the operations there first harned and i can confirm that -- firsthand and i can confirm that gitmo is the most safest play to hold detainees who threaten the u.s. and our allies. we need to continue to protect american citizens from some of the world's most dangerous ind

mrs. walorski. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. walorski: thank you mr. chairman. i oppose this amendment. everything that happened since last year's debate should force us to be more care wfl detainee decisions rather than lescareful. the rise of isil, the release of the taliban five, the war in yemen are just a few events that remind office the urningtcy of this debate. potentially most troubling is the growing threat of aqap, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, enabled by the power vacuum in yemen. aqap was formed by gitmo detainees. mr. chairman, i believe we need a commonsense policy a detainee policy that protects americans. i urge my colleagues to vote no and oppose this amendment. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: we have only one more speaker. i know they have the right to close but we'll reserve until they get to the last speaker. the chair: the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: i'm happy to yield to the distinguished gentleman from colorado, mr. coffman. the chair: the gentl

mrs. walorski: kind of negates -- mr. walberg: kind of negates the process. do you think they're taking insider-outsider threats seriously? rafi: there is a division between federal responsibility and local responsibility. it leads to the failure to upgrade standards on perimeter security. when it comes to direct responsibility and implementation of responsibility of t.s.a., we see all the resources available and a screening takes the major -- almost all of t.s.a.'s operational budget. when it comes to the perimeter security, it is expected that the airport will take care of that. the airport doesn't have neither the manpower to do that the number of police officers is too short for that, the ability to invest in detection technology around the perimeter which doesn't come cheap is also very limited and if in the past the -- and i refer to 9/11 when f.a.a. was the regulator, the only regulator, and it also controlled the a.i.p. program which provides ground to airports for improvement, security was part of it. now the security is not very much a priority for

mrs. walorski: i rise today because i believe that all i'm life is worth protecting. each of us are here today because we all stand for something greater, we believe that all human life is precious. we believe each life is worth living that life deserves respect and protection and every human being has equal worth and dignity. that's why everybody matters. that's why everyone counts. the pain-capable unborn child protection act protects life, empowers women and will save lives. this legislation represents the will of the american people with over 60% of americans support protecting unborn children after 20 weeks. a critical component of this legislation ensures that women receive counseling or medical care for a traumatic event that precipitated her pregnancy prior to obtaining an abortion. because the pain of an abortion is felt by both mother and child, those who feel abortion is the only option deserves medical treatment and emotional assistance beyond what can be provided by an aorganizationist. we have the responsibility of representing our constituents to protec