[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 156 (Tuesday, October 16, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H11555]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         RED TAPE DELAYS RESCUE

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, homeland security and the safety of our men 
and women in uniform should be on the front of everyone's mind in 
Congress. Yet, we are here again this week discussing a Democrat bill 
that fails to provide our intelligence community the tools necessary to 
monitor terrorist activity. The Democrat RESTORE bill does nothing to 
streamline a process that is hampered by endless red tape and severely 
slows the reaction time between Washington and our battlefield 
commanders.
  Intelligence opportunities sometimes exist for minutes, and we need 
the flexibility to monitor activity that can save lives. The article in 
the New York Post yesterday is a perfect example. The current law 
delayed a rescue mission by 10 hours. Our troops should never have to 
wait 10 hours for permission to rescue them.
  I urge my Democrat colleagues to reconsider the RESTORE Act. We 
should focus our efforts on a bipartisan approach to our national 
security, not on legislating defeat.

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