[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20719]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      NOTICE OF MOTION TO SUSPEND

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I wish to file the following amendment 
and give notice to the Senate that pursuant to rule 5, section 1 of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, notice is hereby given of the motion to 
suspend, modify or amend rule 25 for the purpose of implementing the 9/
11 Commissions recommendations related to congressional reorganization.
  Mr. President, the world changed on September 11, 2001, and those 
changes have reached far and wide. Today, we in Congress must change 
the way we perform our critical role of intelligence and homeland 
security oversight.
  Today, the Senate majority leader, the Senate minority leader, 
Senator Harry Reid, and myself will file an amendment to a Senate 
Resolution that takes significant strides toward strengthening our 
oversight of intelligence and homeland security.
  We urge Members to join this discourse and offer those changes and 
improvements that will enhance the domestic security of the United 
States. We not only expect a vigorous debate but we hope for such a 
discourse and urge Members to help improve this initial product.

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