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WASHINGTON—U.S. Congressman Todd Tiahrt (pronounced TEE-hart), R-Kan., issued the following statement after House passage of the FY2010 Homeland Security Appropriations conference agreement. The funding bill contains $32 million for the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) at K-State. The bill also contains a provision that permits the Obama administration to transfer terrorist detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to locations within the United States after the president submits a plan to Congress.
“We were successful not only in securing the NBAF funding, but in directing these funds expressly to Manhattan, Kan.,” said Tiahrt. “It is important that the NBAF money not be re-directed to another location at the political whim of the administration after such a thorough selection process has already been concluded.”
Tiahrt is a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee and intervened on behalf of the NBAF project during conference negotiations to ensure funding is expressly directed to Manhattan, Kan., rather than leaving that decision to the discretion of the administration.
The conference report also provides a mechanism whereby Guantanamo Detainees could be transferred to the United States 45 days after the President submits a plan and risk determination to Congress.
“Terrorist detainees should not be transferred to communities in Kansas or anywhere else within our borders,” said Tiahrt. “Democrats once again have ignored the will of the American people and have chosen to provide President Obama with the legislative means to transfer dangerous terrorists to the United States and give them the same rights as American citizens. While this bill contains many important funding provisions, such as the NBAF funding that we fought for, I could not vote for this bill that provides a blueprint for the administration to succeed in its goal of closing Gitmo and then potentially bringing self-proclaimed terrorists to Kansas or any other state.”
Congressman Tiahrt has helped lead several Republican efforts to block the administration from transferring or releasing Gitmo detainees to the United States. To learn more about these efforts, click here.
Tiahrt voted against passage of the conference bill that passed the House on a vote of 307-114.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Congressman Todd Tiahrt (pronounced TEE-hart), R-Kan., issued the following statement after House passage of the FY2010 Homeland Security Appropriations conference agreement. The funding bill contains $32 million for the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) at K-State. The bill also contains a provision that permits the Obama administration to transfer terrorist detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to locations within the United States after the president submits a plan to Congress.
“We were successful not only in securing the NBAF funding, but in directing these funds expressly to Manhattan, Kan.,” said Tiahrt. “It is important that the NBAF money not be re-directed to another location at the political whim of the administration after such a thorough selection process has already been concluded.”
Tiahrt is a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee and intervened on behalf of the NBAF project during conference negotiations to ensure funding is expressly directed to Manhattan, Kan., rather than leaving that decision to the discretion of the administration.
The conference report also provides a mechanism whereby Guantanamo Detainees could be transferred to the United States 45 days after the President submits a plan and risk determination to Congress.
“Terrorist detainees should not be transferred to communities in Kansas or anywhere else within our borders,” said Tiahrt. “Democrats once again have ignored the will of the American people and have chosen to provide President Obama with the legislative means to transfer dangerous terrorists to the United States and give them the same rights as American citizens. While this bill contains many important funding provisions, such as the NBAF funding that we fought for, I could not vote for this bill that provides a blueprint for the administration to succeed in its goal of closing Gitmo and then potentially bringing self-proclaimed terrorists to Kansas or any other state.”
Congressman Tiahrt has helped lead several Republican efforts to block the administration from transferring or releasing Gitmo detainees to the United States. To learn more about these efforts, click here.
Tiahrt voted against passage of the conference bill that passed the House on a vote of 307-114.
