Defeating ISIS Takes Strong Leadership

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At today’s House leadership press conference House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) discussed defeating ISIS and the threat they pose to the United States:

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Remarks:

“To defeat ISIS, it's going to take a strong strategy, and it's going to take strong leadership. Our intelligence community tells us ISIS is not being contained. If you look at President Obama's speech from Sunday night, all he talked about was the existing strategy that clearly is not working.

“And so while we know from our own intelligence community that ISIS not only is not being contained, but is actually coming into America, the American people need to see that clear strategy from the President. Rather than trying to take away the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens, President Obama needs to lay out a clear strategy that confronts this direct threat.

“The American people deserve to know that our government is doing everything in its power to keep them safe. And that's why the House is going to continue focusing on this direct threat by the legislation that we're moving forward, coming out of our task force, working with our members who have the best expertise, and who've been working on this for years.

“So today when you see us take on a bill to actually reform the visa waiver program, something that President Obama himself acknowledges has loopholes that need to be closed, that's an example of the House moving forward to do everything in our power to keep American families safe.”