[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17206]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?

  (Mrs. MALONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, before the ink was even dry on the 9/11 
report, before we even had a chance to read it, some were saying we 
should delay any action on the 9/11 Commission's recommendations.
  I have one simple question: What are we waiting for? Did we miss the 
point of 9/11? Remember, we cannot spell 9/11 without 9-1-1 and 9-1-1 
means urgent, emergency, act now, life or death. It does not mean let 
us table this discussion until after the election.
  The bipartisan commission has called for the creation of a national 
terrorist center with a new Cabinet-level intelligence chief. They call 
for the creation of a Joint House and Senate Committee on Intelligence 
with budget power. I say, great, let us do it, let us act now. What are 
we waiting for? What part of 9/11 does the leadership of this House not 
understand?

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