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| http://paulryan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398438 | Ryans Speaks with Fox Newss Hannity | 2015-11-19 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Republican | House | WI | Paul Ryan | R000570 | paulryan.house.gov | legacy | This should not be about Republicans and Democratsthis should be about keeping America safe, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said last night during an appearance on Fox Newss Hannity with Sean Hannity. Here are excerpts from their conversation on the Syrian refugee crisis and eliminating the threat of ISIS.On the presidents threat to veto Congresss refugee legislation: I dont for the life of me understand this. He just said he is going to veto our bill putting a pause on the refugee program. I cant imagine why one would do that. Our bottom line is very, very clearand its the first responsibility of the federal governmentsecure the homeland. Keep people safe in America." So heres what were doing. We obviously know that ISIS wants to infiltrate the refugee population. Thats very clear. So we need to put a pause on this program and have higher standards placed upon it so that we can verify on a person-by-person basis, each and every single refugee, whether or not they pose any security risk." On putting politics aside and finding a bipartisan solution: This should not be a partisan issue. Democrats agree with us here in Congress, and I think were gonna have a pretty big bipartisan vote tomorrow.Because this should not be about Republicans and Democrats. This should be about keeping America safe. This is our national security. It shouldnt be politicized like the president is politicizing it. And that is why we are asking all of our colleagues to support fixing this, pausing this, and getting this right. On raising the standards of the refugee program: Were a compassionate country. The refugee laws are important laws. And we dont want terrorists to dictate how we runwhether we have a law or not. But we dont thinkin this particular case with respect to ISIS trying to infiltrate the Syrian and Iraqi refugee programthat the standards are anywhere near where they should be. On the presidents failure to devise a strategy to defeat ISIS: The reason were having this conversation about refugees, the reason were having this conversation about ISIS, is because we dont have a plan to defeat ISIS. Its because the president and his foreign policyparticularly with respect to Iraq and Syriais so abysmal, so lacking, it didnt contain ISIS, and we dont have a strategy to defeat ISIS. So lets not forget the big picture here, which is we have terrorism, worldwide, knocking on our door, and we do not have a plan to defeat this terrorist threat. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |