DeLay: The Right Bill for the War on Terror

U.S. Newswire, October, 2004

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today delivered remarks on the floor of the House on the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act. Excerpts from his remarks are below.

"Mr. Speaker, we've heard a lot about politics today, but this debate should be - and ultimately is - not about politics, but policy. The 9/11 Commission's report is a substantive document describing and examining the circumstances that three years ago allowed 19 men to conceive, plan, and execute the murder of 3,000 Americans ... right under our noses. It is a highly detailed, exhaustively thorough report - 567 pages - and Congress has a responsibility to respond with equal gravity and vigor. And now we have.

"The bill before us now is the product of seven...

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