{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lynnjenkins.house.gov/press-releases/national-security-must-be-a-priority-not-a-catchphrase/", "National Security Must Be A Priority, Not A Catchphrase", "2016-09-21", "2016", "2016-09", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Lynn Jenkins", "J000290", "lynnjenkins.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2013 At the weekly Republican Leadership Press Conference, Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (KS-02) spoke about how the House\u2019s efforts to prevent President Obama from closing the Guantanamo Bay prison are part of the better way agenda to protect America\u2019s national security.\r\n\r\n\tCLICK HERE To Watch the Congresswoman\u2019s Remarks\r\n\r\n\r\n\tThe following are Congresswoman Jenkins\u2019 remarksas prepared for delivery:\r\n\r\n\t\u201cFor the last seven years, President Obama has insisted on pursuing many policies that the American people do not want.\u00a0One of these includes his repeated attempts to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cThere has been strong, bipartisan majorities in Congress that have consistently voted to prohibit\u00a0closing the prison and Americans all across the country have raised their voices in opposition. Unfortunately the\u00a0President continues to ignore the law, and ignores the facts showing GTMO is the safest place for these terrorists.\u00a0President Obama has even continued to transfer terrorists abroad, despite his own State Department admitting last week that two more prisoners had returned to the battlefield. That brings the total count to more than 120 former GTMO detainees that have reengaged in terrorism.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cWe cannot allow this reckless behavior to continue. That\u2019s why last week, the House voted once again to prohibit the transfer of any individual detained at GTMO, until January, 2017.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cToo often, national security is just something thrown around as a catchphrase, and it\u2019s significance is ignored. Yet, at a time when America is facing growing threats at home and abroad, we cannot afford for that to be the case. Legislation, like the bill passed last week or the Iran sanctions bills to be voted on today, recognize that there is a better way to protect American lives - and we are going to continue to fight for that.\u201d\r\n\r\n\t# # #", 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/national-security-must-be-a-priority-not-a-catchphrase/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2342128902673721, "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"}