[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20646]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



          OVERSIGHT NECESSARY OF CHARITABLE AND RELIEF EFFORTS

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I welcome the gentlewoman from Indiana 
with her comments to this extent: honorable people can disagree. Where 
I take exception is when patriotism is impugned and motives are 
attributed when there is honest disagreement. That is the key 
difference.
  Now, to a sense of unity and a sense of action, let me call the 
attention of the House to a matter of concern that is neither 
Republican nor Democrat but totally American. That is the fate of the 
survivors and the dependents of the horrible attacks on September 11.
  Mr. Speaker, various charitable agencies have come together saying 
they will help fund relief for the victims of the disaster. And yet 
there has been a disconnect between that promise and reality.
  As a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, I have called 
upon the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas) to take oversight 
interest in the status of these charities to make sure that we helped 
people who have suffered and in that way restore our sense of unity and 
legitimate oversight. These people need our help.

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