U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) said on Wednesday that President Barack Obama’s recent signing of the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would protect the U.S. while providing for the nation’s troops.
“I applaud the president for dropping his partisan stance and signing this critical bipartisan defense bill into law,” Jenkins said. “The National Defense Authorization Act will increase troop pay and benefits, strengthen our national defenses and require the president to create a comprehensive strategy to defeat ISIS. Additionally, the NDAA prohibits the president from transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to the detention facilities in the United States, such as the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth. The NDAA is now the law of the land and his attorney general has confirmed it would be a violation of the law for the president to move forward with transferring GTMO detainees to the United States.”
The potential closure of Guantanamo Bay and subsequent transfer of detainees to the U.S. has been a cause of concern for many. The NDAA, however, would prevent such a move.
“To close GTMO would not only be illegal and unconstitutional, but it would also be in direct opposition to our national security needs,” Jenkins warned last week. “I call on the president to drop his reckless plans of closing GTMO and focus his attention on better securing our nation.”
Representative Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) has represented Kansas’s 2nd District in the House of Representatives since 2009. Born in Holton, Kansas in 1963, Rep. Jenkins previously served as Kansas State Treasurer from 2003 to 2008. Rep. Jenkins was educated at Kansas State University and Weber State College and married to Scott Jenkins
She serves on the following committees: Committee on Financial Services and Ways and Means Committee