Cornyn-Backed GITMO Amendment Passes Senate In Overwhelming Fashion

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Cornyn-Backed GITMO Amendment Passes Senate In Overwhelming Fashion

Senate agrees President's decision to close GITMO with no game plan is reckless and irresponsible

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a member of Republican leadership, issued the following statement after an amendment he supported, to strip all requested Gitmo funding out of the supplemental and also ban the use of any other funds for transferring or releasing current detainees into the United States, passed the Senate by a vote of 90-6.

"Today the Senate sent a strong signal to President Obama that it will not make taxpayers pick up the $80 million tab for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center. President Obama's decision to sign an executive order ordering the closure of the detainee facility was reckless and irresponsible, and closing this critical facility will only make our country less safe. He still has a lot of explaining to do to the American people, whose safety is his most fundamental responsibility. It's incomprehensible that he would ask taxpayers to foot this bill, on top of the trillions he has already spent carte blanche. I will continue to oppose efforts by the Administration to close down the detainee camp and move these dangerous individuals to Texas or anywhere else in the United States. I am pleased my Senate colleagues joined me in denying the President the resources to shutter Guantanamo, whose facilities have served our country effectively during the Global War on Terror."

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