[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7589]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         9/11 PANEL UNDER CLOUD

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I released a letter signed 
by 75 Members of Congress to Commissioner Jamie Gorelick. We have 
serious concerns about her impartiality as a member of the National 
Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
  Commissioner Gorelick never should have accepted the position in the 
first place. As Deputy Attorney General in the Clinton Justice 
Department, she cannot be objective, especially when their policies may 
have contributed to America's vulnerability.
  If Commissioner Gorelick does not testify before the commission and 
respond to our letter, then a cloud will hang over the commission that 
brings into question its independence and supposed non-partisanship.

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