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To close Guantanamo Bay. Listening to you, it is a little murky. Im not so sure whether you are concerned about the civil rights of the prisoners or the fact that Guantanamo Bay itself is something the u. S. Should not keep open. So my question, is it closing Guantanamo Bay or giving justice to the people and the 186 people . When you go on that track, and everybody loses track of what is really the issue. I dont understand the distinction. Its not just to hold people indefinitely without. Guantanamo is the symbol of that. Youve got to get them out of there and close it. I dont want to get in an argument. Your first point about the cost, not the Economic Cost that you can put a dollar figure on but the cost to america, the intangible cost. I think we saw that not lon ....
Schools, our communities, children and families must be safe. I respectfully ask my colleagues to make this issue of violence a priority and to support our nations leadership as they work through resolving this challenge which should not be difficult. If we compromise and keep focusing on saving lives. Madam chair, i pledge to support you and to support all my other colleagues with the Congressional Black Caucus to make a difficult task safe and to protect the lives of our children and families from gun fire and a culture of violence. Ms. Fudge i thank the gentlelady from ohio for participating. We certainly know how difficult this is going to be as we move forward, but im pleased. Thank you so much. I yield to the gentleman from new jersey who has joined our caucus. Representative donald payne junior. Pain pain mr. Speaker, let me mr. Payne let me begin by thanking my chairwoman, fudge for anchoring this evenings spec ....