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Obama made mindboggling remarks at a climate change summit in Paris. where he made it a point to mention that he will beat ISIS by fighting climate change. "Lets be honest. ISIS was never a jayvee team. it was never contained. and it certainly wont be defeated by resolving to end climate change. but it was a good narrative for the Obama administration spin to quell the fear of the American public. However. this narrative stands in stark contrast with the real narrative. the one being told by military and senior intelligence officialsthe one being ignored." And we have from the Center for Immigration Studies. Mr. Speaker. an "Analysis of the Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015." this out It reviews the House bill drafted to tighten up the Visa Waiver Program. and it has been reported that this may be included in the omnibuswe will find out tonight2016 spending bill as a kind of political replacement for the bill passed in November to tighten up the refugee screening. This article goes on from the Center for Immigration Studies that: "One key provision makes it outofbounds for people who have visitedor who are natives ofSyria or Iraq. or state sponsors of terror to use the VWP. Another major provision tightens up requirements and certifications by countries to live by the conditions of the participationincluding use of fraudresistant passports and strict timeframes for reporting of lost or stolen documents. "Dan Cadman. a Center fellow and author of the analysis. said. Congress has at least decided to tackle many of the gaps and problems with the VWP. which has represented for some time the soft underbelly of homeland security. but there can be no doubt that the U.S. vetting for refugees and asylum seekers still represents a major national security risk. and remains an unaddressed problem. "One major problem with the bill is the exception to several requirements that has been carved out for countries in the Schengen visafree zone. which covers nearly all of northern. western. and central Europe. including hotbeds of terrorist activities in France and Belgium. Cadman writes that this exception is the caveat that undoes the intent of the rule." So. Mr. Speaker. it is important to note that we have got a lot more work to do here to prevent this Presidents administration from continuing to allow people into this country without our ability to actually vet them and check them. There are indications that members of the Visa Waiver Program may only check one in three documents that are provided to them because they just dont have time. Well. just when Americans thought we were unsafe. unsecure. that this administration wont face up to the threat that radical Islam is. that most all of the country understands we are up against except the administrationthey wont mention the words radical Islamand just when people think they are starting to maybe make the point and get the point across to this administration. we have the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security who stands up for the terrorists. He stands up for people who want to come into this country and do us harm. This is an article from Politico. of all places. and the title reads: "DHS chief: Legal limits on scrutinizing immigrants Web postings." The article reads: "We are dealing with private communications and things for which there is an expectation of privacy. Jeh Johnson says in an interview." Mr. Speaker. that is very interesting.