DeLay: National Security About Policy, Not Process; House Prepares for 9/11 Commission Implementation Act

U.S. Newswire, October, 2004

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today said the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act will pass the House of Representatives this week because it enacts the best policies to ensure protection against terror.

"As we come closer to the debate and the vote on the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act, you can see the Democrats running for cover. They want this debate to be about process. But it's about policy," DeLay said. "It's about the policies this nation must employ to fight and win the war on terror and protect the American people from terrorists and terrorism."

Republicans in the House rejected pressures to immediately pass the commission's recommendations, instead sending the new policies through a careful, deliberate...

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