[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 124 (Thursday, September 26, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H6696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   URGING ACTION ON HOMELAND SECURITY

  (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Madam Speaker, we are at war. Homeland 
security legislation passed this body in July, as the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Foley) just mentioned, and yet the Senate has not acted.
  The President wants the tools that he thinks are necessary to protect 
every man, woman and child in this country, and yet the Senate has not 
acted.
  He wanted it done before September 11, the anniversary of the tragedy 
that happened in New York, here in Washington, D.C. and in 
Pennsylvania, but the Senate has not acted.
  It is almost October. We are about to get out of here, and the Senate 
has not acted.
  The other body wants to give the President less authority over 
national security than any other agency of government, and that is 
wrong. He needs the tools to protect this country, and yet the Senate 
has not acted.
  Let me just say to the leaders of the Senate who were raising Cain 
yesterday: Get on the ball, protect America, support our President, and 
protect all the people who want to be protected in this country. We do 
not need another attack of terror.

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