[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 12747]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                  9/11

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, before I begin, let me first 
of all acknowledge the crisis in Sudan and demand that the Sudanese 
Government immediately respond to the killing in Darfur and as well the 
United Nations be allowed to provide humanitarian aid immediately. It 
is a crisis that we need to address, not yesterday, not today or 
tomorrow but we should have been addressing weeks and months ago.
  But I speak this morning about the reflection of the existence of a 
9/11 commission and to say to America and this Congress, what would we 
have done without knowing the truth? The headlines today suggest no 
Iraq-al Qaeda 9/11 link found at all, Mr. Speaker. It also says the 
plan was a 10-plane plan; but the most striking knowledge for all those 
relatives to hear was that the FAA did not, did not, did not contact 
the military or NORAD, was confused and did not contact in sufficient 
time for any intervention to occur.
  It is imperative that this Congress, not next year, not in November, 
not in January, investigate now, holding hearings before Judiciary, 
Homeland Security, Armed Services, and International Relations. It is 
imperative that we know the truth and that we respond to the truth and 
that we act on the truth.

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