[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 21, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H2668]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  PATRIOTISM REQUIRES OPPOSING PRIVATIZATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST 
              FUND AND INVESTIGATING SEPTEMBER 11 TRAGEDY

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I join my colleagues with 
their concerns about the undermining of Social Security preservation 
and safety for our seniors; and we must fight against both the 
privatization and the invading of the trust fund, which will happen 
tomorrow, unfinished business that we must stand up and be counted for 
and be patriotic on behalf of our seniors.
  Might I, Mr. Speaker, suggest that it would be unpatriotic as well if 
we stood by and did not understand what happened on September 11. It 
would be unpatriotic, not to talk about politics and who is in the 
White House and who is not, but to find out why the INS failed in its 
duty in giving two dead terrorists visas.
  It would be derelict on the part of Congress not to find out what FBI 
Director Mueller is talking about when he speaks about the potential of 
a suicide bomber. What information does Congress need to have in a 
confidential and executive session manner to protect the American 
people? What happened with the August and July memo?
  Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Committee on the Judiciary, I would 
say it would be unpatriotic if we did not establish what happened so we 
could save lives and begin to have a road map that would make sure that 
we understood what happened here in America. It would be unpatriotic, 
Mr. Speaker; and we in Congress must do our job.

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