Statement on The President’s Oval Office Address
WASHINGTON
– House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement tonight
in response to President Obama’s Oval Office address on terrorism:
“Our primary responsibility is to keep the American people safe from the real and evolving threat of radical Islamic terrorism. That will require the president to produce a comprehensive strategy to confront and defeat ISIS. The enemy is adapting, and we must too. That’s why what we heard tonight was so disappointing: no new plan, just a half-hearted attempt to defend and distract from a failing policy.
“American families should have confidence that our leaders are working together to address this threat. That’s why this week the House will vote on a bipartisan bill to update our visa waiver program to reduce the risk of an extremist entering the country from abroad. This legislation builds on a recent bipartisan vote to strengthen the certification requirements in our refugee program.
“But the ultimate solution is a comprehensive plan to eliminate the extremist threat, and only the commander-in-chief can provide that. The horrific events of recent weeks remind us that any hope to contain ISIS has been a failure. Until we hear from the president what more can be done —with our military, our intelligence-gathering, and our international partners — we will remain one step behind our enemy. This is not just the next president's problem. It is our problem, and we must confront it today.”
“Our primary responsibility is to keep the American people safe from the real and evolving threat of radical Islamic terrorism. That will require the president to produce a comprehensive strategy to confront and defeat ISIS. The enemy is adapting, and we must too. That’s why what we heard tonight was so disappointing: no new plan, just a half-hearted attempt to defend and distract from a failing policy.
“American families should have confidence that our leaders are working together to address this threat. That’s why this week the House will vote on a bipartisan bill to update our visa waiver program to reduce the risk of an extremist entering the country from abroad. This legislation builds on a recent bipartisan vote to strengthen the certification requirements in our refugee program.
“But the ultimate solution is a comprehensive plan to eliminate the extremist threat, and only the commander-in-chief can provide that. The horrific events of recent weeks remind us that any hope to contain ISIS has been a failure. Until we hear from the president what more can be done —with our military, our intelligence-gathering, and our international partners — we will remain one step behind our enemy. This is not just the next president's problem. It is our problem, and we must confront it today.”
Fear, non-reality.
ReplyDeleteThis is the reality.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/12/07/president-obama-likes-to-brag-about-the-terrorists-he-has-taken-out-how-many-is-that-exactly/
30,000 deaths ?? Try less than half that number. Adding up deaths in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, the total is no more than 8230 since Obama has been Supreme Ruler . . . not counting ISIS.
DeleteThe reference above, claims 23,000 ISIS killed in the past 16 months ????? BS. Since Obama does not believe in killing the enemy if there is the chance a single civilian might die, "23,000" in 16 months is an asinine estimate. We have flown 8,000 sorties in the past 16 months, BUT less than 25% of that total has seen our fighter jets actually firing on approved targets . . . . according to our fighter pilots. That is 2,000 successful mission in 16 months. So we are killing 1,000 ISIS fighters everytime we do a mission ?????? You are nuts if you believe that.