Trey Gowdy’s bill banning Libyan flight school attendees cleared Judiciary Committee today

Trey Gowdy Just Did Something In Congress That Will Have Obama Shaking His Fist In Anger
“…but it is anything but normal.”

James Beattie
Western Journalism
9/10/2014

A bill designed to stop the Obama Administration from lifting a 31 year prohibition on Libyan nationals coming to the United States to attend flight schools and other related activities cleared the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday.

The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Protecting the Homeland Act (H.R. 5401) by a 21-11 vote.  The bill is designed to stop the Obama Administration from lifting a 31 year prohibition on Libyan nationals from coming to the United States to attend flight school, to work in aviation maintenance or flight operations, or to study or seek training in nuclear science.

The bill was authored by Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)…
…Goodlatte said in a statement Wednesday it would be “unconscionable” for the Obama administration to lift the ban on Libyan nationals.

“The Obama Administration justifies its plan by claiming that the United States’ relationship with Libya has ‘normalized, but it is anything but normal.”…

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