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| https://roe.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=397943 | Roe Statement on Syrian Refugees | 2015-11-16 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Republican | House | TN | Phil Roe | R000582 | roe.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) released the following statement on allowing Syrian refugees to be placed in Tennessee: In matters related to war and peace, there are no easy answers. And make no mistake, the Western world is at war with ISIS and radical Islamic terrorism. While many Syrians fleeing their country are doing so out of fear and desperation, we have a duty to protect our citizens and to do everything in our power to prevent another attack on our homeland. French authorities believe at least one of the terrorists who carried out the attacks in Paris on Friday posed as a refugee and entered the country through Greece with a Syrian passport. We cannot be certain each refugee entering the U.S. from Syria has been thoroughly and properly vetted, and we cannot risk opening ourselves up to another attack. That is why I am a cosponsor of legislation that suspends the president's authority to place refugees in the United States. President Obama's strategy to defeat ISIS is not working and he needs to put forward a responsible plan. If there's one thing we know after Friday's tragic attacks, it's that ISIS is far from contained'. Congressman Roe is a cosponsor of H.R. 3314, the Resettlement Accountability National Security Act of 2015. The bill prohibits the administration from allowing refugees into the United States until Congress passes a joint resolution allowing the federal government to resume admitting refugees. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |