{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lynnjenkins.house.gov/press-releases/jenkins-statement-on-pentagons-plan-to-close-guantanamo-bay-detention-center/", "Jenkins Statement on Pentagon's Plan to Close Guantanamo Bay Detention Center", "2015-12-02", "2015", "2015-12", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Lynn Jenkins", "J000290", "lynnjenkins.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2013 According to the Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon\u2019s latest proposal to close the Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) detention center \u201cwould require as much as $600 million.\u201d It has been reported that President Obama rejected this plan and sent it back for revisions to make it more cost effective. After learning of the report, Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (KS-02) released the following statement:\r\n\r\n\t\u201cThis report is yet another reason why it would be a mistake to close Guantanamo Bay. It\u2019s time for President Obama to listen to the American people and drop his reckless, expensive plans to close the detention center. Folks in Kansas agree \u2013 we don\u2019t want Guantanamo Bay terrorists living next door.\u201d\r\n\r\n\tAdditionally, the Wall Street Journal reported that in order to help cut costs, \u201cone idea is to eliminate the requirement that detainees be tried by military commissions, and instead to try them in the federal court system, according to one senior defense official.\u201d\r\n\r\n\tSaid Congresswoman Jenkins: \u201cThese are enemy combatants; they should be tried as such instead of through the federal court system as if they were a common criminal. The idea that the President would even consider this reckless scheme to cut costs and establish a false rationale to close GTMO shows that he is willing to try anything to keep his campaign promise \u2013 even potentially jeopardizing our national security. \u201c\r\n\r\n\tItems To Note:\r\n\r\n\tCongresswoman Lynn Jenkins and Leavenworth Mayor Lisa Weakley published a joint editorial in the Independent Journal Review explaining their bipartisan opposition to President Obama\u2019s attempts to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.  \r\n\t(Jenkins, Weakley, IJReview: Why We Don\u2019t Want Guantanamo In Our Backyard, 12/1/15)", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://lynnjenkins.house.gov/press-releases/jenkins-statement-on-pentagons-plan-to-close-guantanamo-bay-detention-center/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4491179026663303, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}