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Rep. Walter Jones: Bill To Restrict Syrian Refugees Does Not Go Far Enough

Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)
US House of Representatives
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United States Government

U.S. Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) broke ranks with his Republican colleagues to vote against a proposal that would restrict the country's intake of Syrian and Iraqi refugees.

In a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Jones said he would not vote for a measure that provides any funding for the program that allows those refugees to resettle in the United States.

Meanwhile, Jones recently joined Democratic U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland to sponsor a bill that would take big money out of politics. 

Host Frank Stasio talks with Congressman Jones. 

Will Michaels is WUNC's Weekend Host and Reporter.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.