For decades before 9/11, our country has essentially ignored terrorist attacks on American interests. Since 9/11, we have taken the approach of eliminating the threat and its support before it can do us harm. I fully support attacking the terrorists and eliminating their support networks that supply them with money, materials, and safe havens. The United States must become leaders in this global war on terror and unite others in fighting along side us. But we must not let foreign entities dictate how we are going to protect our nation.

Congressman Kaptur has repeatedly cast votes that weaken or jeopardize our national security. Her approach to the war on terror is a reflection of what we had prior to the 9/11 attacks: a crumbling intelligence system, mountains of bureaucracy and red tape, and a reactionary position instead of a proactive stance against the enemy. Despite the fact that we have not had another attack on American soil since 9/11, we must not let our guard down. We have been protected by our nation’s new approach against terrorism, not the paper tiger approach that Congressman Kaptur supports.

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Since, Congressman Kaptur:

• voted for a weak intelligence overhaul in response to the 9/11 Commission that declassifies the intelligence budget, allows gaps to remain in our borders, and removes certain functions from our military (Vote 510, 10/8/04)
• voted against additional funds to fight the war on terrorism, bulk up homeland security and aid 9/11 recovery efforts (Vote 206, 5/24/02)
• voted against establishing the Department of Homeland Security (Vote
367, 7/26/02) (Vote 477, 11/13/02)
• voted against a Joint Interagency Taskforce to enable information sharing within the intelligence community (Vote 355, 7/26/02)
• voted against the extension of the USA PATRIOT Act (Vote 414, 7/21/05) (Vote 627, 12/14/2005)