Foxx, Hudson oppose closing Guantanamo Bay

Neither of Rowan’s current members of the U.S. House support President Barack Obama’s recently introduced plan to close Guantanamo Bay Prison.

Obama this week announced plans to close Guantanamo Bay — a prison for suspected war criminals in Cuba — by the time he leaves office. His plan faces stiff opposition from Congress, with two of Rowan’s U.S. House members among the pack of skeptical politicians.

Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5, criticized the plan as “bringing dangerous terrorists to America in a statement following Obama’s announcement this week.

“President Obama’s stubborn insistence on fulfilling an ill-advised campaign promise to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay distracts from ongoing threats to American national security and highlights the failures of his foreign policy agenda,” Foxx said.

Rep. Richard Hudson also criticized Obama’s plan as “doubling down on his dangerous campaign promise.”

“Despite the president’s attempts, folks continue to agree that we don’t want these war criminals and hardened terrorists transferred to American soil — which current law prohibits — or transferred to other countries to return to the battlefield against us,” Hudson said in a prepared statement. “I am confident that Congress will scrutinize the proposal and reject any plan that puts our national security at risk.”