Military Construction, Veterans Affairs And Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Continued
Floor Speech
Issues: Military Personnel Veterans
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Mr. DURBIN. Neither the Senator from Oklahoma nor the Senator from Texas has addressed the amendment before us. This is not an amendment about transferring from Guantanamo to the United States. It is about whether we will spend the money to make sure, when these detainees are under trial in the United States, which they can be legally, they will be held safely. The Inhofe amendment precludes the expenditure of funds to improve the security of law enforcement facilities to contain these Guantanamo detainees.
Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, if we don't want to house those prisoners here, we should not try them here. That is the answer for this. Vote for the Inhofe amendment.
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