TMehl

TMehl

Texas

Republican

Congressman, John Cornyn []

Why people should support our bill. People should support our bill mainly because it can protect American citizens from terrorist attacks. If there is a deeper process of background checks than that can eliminate possible terrorists from gaining entry into the U.S.

__**​5 Interesting Facts**__

​1. Texas is known as the Lone Star state.

2. The state name was based off of the Caddo indian word meaning "friends"

3. Texas was the 28th state admitted in 1845​

4. The population is over 20,000,000

5. There are 254 counties in Texas ​ __** 5 Facts for Homeland Security **__

1. Texas' current terrorist threat level is elevated for a possible attack.

2. John Cornyn is a member of the armed forces committee.

3. He helps with the U.S. Special Operations

4. He played a key role in the passage of the military act of 2006.

5. He has worked to refund the 45 million dollars for Texas based weapon systems.

__**Key Issues**__ 1. My first issue is on strengthening our homeland security. Mainly to take more time to screen possible citizens when they enter the U.S. If the visa checkpoints completely screened the applicants, there would be less of a threat from an attack on the U.S. Only a small amount of the checkpoints fully screen their applicants about 12 sites fully check, while the rest of the 27 sites only check certain parts. They check any recent purchases and bank accounts to see if theyve made any large purchases that could possibly be for weapons.

2. My second issue is also on Homeland Security, mainly to continue funding it to provide defence from terrorist that are possibly inside the U.S. This also provides border patrol to any possible terrorists that can possibly hop the border through Mexico into the U.S. The U.S. has no real need to increase the amount of border patrol because there has been no information of the idea of a possible attack through Mexico.

3. Foreign Policy is my third issue, mainly because people say that we should not be fighting another country's war. They say we should keep to our own country and deal with our own problems. This I disagree with because if we dont help others in their time of need, who will help us when we're in trouble.We gain allies by helping others, but if we didnt help them they wont help us. It's a relationship where both sides get something out of it, which I say should continue working.

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__Sources__ 1. United States. Senate. By John McCain. 4 June 2008. Web. . 2. Napolitano. "Plan for More Security in Airports." //Dhs.gov//. Web. [|http://www.dhs.gov]. //3.The White House//. 16 Mar. 2004. Web. 21 May 2010. . 4."Terrorism Preparation." //Homeland Security//. Web. . 5,"Texas Security." //Be Informed, Be Prepared//. Web. . //6.Comittee on Homeland Security//. Web. .