Congressman Duncan questions the Administration's decision to bring terrorists to the United States for trial during a speech on the Floor of the House on Wednesday, November 19, 2009.

Madam Speaker:

People all over the Nation are upset and angry about five of the Guantanamo terrorists being scheduled for trial in New York.

This is happening only because President Obama issued an Executive Order in the early days of his Administration stopping the military tribunal process.

The Congress both House and Senate voted by large margins in 2006 to try these terrorists by military tribunals.




This could have been done in Guantanamo.

But President Obama overruled Congress by his Executive Order, and the Defense and Justice Departments then started the process of bringing the terrorists to trial in this Country.




This will result in very large legal and security expenses that would not have been necessary if these men were tried at Guantanamo.

To try all these terrorists here- the first five and others later creates a very unnecessary security risk for untold numbers of people.

I hope President Obama will listen to the outcry of the American people and not continue to insist that all these terrorists be tried in the United States.

The families of our victims deserve better. (less info)