It is common sense. and it is in the name of making sure that we are protecting our people and securing our homeland from threats. It is not unreasonable to conduct due diligence on who is coming into our country. and we cant move forward with a policy of admit first and ask later. We have to close the gaps in our screening process of refugees entering into our country. The Homeland Security Committee chairman. Mr. MCCAUL. recently introduced legislation H.R. 3573. the Refugee Resettlement Oversight and Security Act. It would make substantial improvements to our refugee program and enhance congressional oversight of the administrations refugee proposals. Many dont know that Congress right now does not have much. if any. say over our refugee admission policy. This bill is intended to change that. It would require. amongst other things. GAO to review the security gaps in the current screening process. The President. as I mentioned. has proposed resettling at least 10.000 Syrian refugees currently residing outside the Syria conflict zone in refugee camps to the U.S. this fiscal year. I quote from correspondence I had the opportunity to review today that Chairman MCCAUL wrote to the President: "We remain concerned that these resettlements are taking place without appropriate regard for the safety of the American people." [ 2145 Nothing is more fundamental. Nothing gets at the core of what our Constitution is intended to protect as that statement.
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