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| https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/senate-votes-sen-rand-paul%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Csecure-act%E2%80%9D-amendment-prevent-terrorists-entering-us-refugees | Senate Votes on Sen. Rand Pauls SECURE Act Amendment to Prevent Terrorists From Entering the U.S. as Refugees | 2015-12-03 | 2015 | 2015-12 | Republican | House | KY | Rand Paul | P000603 | www.paul.senate.gov | legacy | SECURE Act: Stop Extremists Coming Under Refugee Entry Act WASHINGTON, D.C. On the U.S. Senate floor today, Senator Rand Paul delivered the following remarks urging his colleagues to support his amendment to H.R.3761, Restoring American's Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015. Amendment No. 2899, known as the Stop Extremists Coming Under Refugee Entry Act (SECURE Act), would suspend visa issuance for countries with a high risk of terrorism and impose a waiting period for background checks on visa issuance from other countries until the American people can be assured terrorists cannot enter the country through our immigration and visa system. This legislation is based off language first proposed by Sen. Paul in 2013, and was introduced as a stand-alone bill, S.2329, earlier this year. The amendment failed passage with a vote of 10-89. Click HERE to read the text of the SECURE Act in its entirety. The video and transcript of Sen. Paul's remarks can be found below. CLICK HERE TO WATCH SEN. PAUL'S FLOOR SPEECH TRANSCRIPT Sen. Paul: Mr. President, wespend hundreds of billions ofdollars defending our country,and yet we cannot really trulydefend our country unless wedefend our border. My bill would place pause onissuing Visas to countries thatare at a high risk for exportingterrorists to us. My bill would also say to Visawaiver countries that in orderto come and visit, you wouldhave to go through Global Entry,which would require a backgroundcheck. I would urge Senators who trulydo want to defend our country tohave increased border securityby voting for this amendment.Thank you. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |