[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 106 (Thursday, September 9, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S8978]
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                   RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Democratic leader is recognized.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I compliment the majority leader on his 
comments regarding the response to the 9/11 Commission. He and I have 
worked very closely together, and I share his view that it has been a 
laudable bipartisan effort.
  As he has noted, our purpose is to address the recommendations made 
by the 9/11 Commission on two levels: the executive branch, which is 
largely the responsibility of the Governmental Affairs Committee, and 
the legislative branch, which is going to be the responsibility of our 
task force. Both groups are doing the work that we would hope they 
would. They have invested a good deal of time already. I share his view 
that there is an urgency to this important effort, and I hope we can 
continue to work in the manner with which all Members so far have 
demonstrated; that is, a commitment to a real bipartisan approach to 
resolving the many challenges that we face.




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