[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16122]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 GIVE THE PRESIDENT THE TOOLS HE NEEDS

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, as we head to the final stretch of the 107th 
Congress, much remains to be done. The presidential want-to-bes spend a 
lot of time on the Sunday talk shows in hair and makeup articulating 
what their vision is for homeland security. Well, there happens to be a 
bill authored by our President, passed by this House, that languishes 
over on the other side of this building. I urge my colleagues and I 
urge all of those paying attention, as we come upon the September 11 
anniversary where 3,000-plus lives were lost in our country, that we 
focus our energies and our resolve on protecting our homeland.
  The President has a prescription to make America safe, and I urge the 
other Chamber to act upon that vision. We cannot do this alone. The 
House has tried. Fifty-five-plus bills remain stalled over on the desk 
of the majority leader of the United States Senate, and I ask and I 
implore someone who is listening to my voice to urge action, to urge 
debate, to urge passage of this vital legislation to protect this 
country and give the President the tools and the powers he needs.

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