[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23081]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        ANTI-TERRORISM INSURANCE

  (Mrs. MALONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY. Madam Speaker, our leaders are telling us on both sides 
of the aisle that terrorism is here to stay. If they believe that, if 
they know that, then why are we not preparing for it?
  Anti-terrorism insurance passed this House after 9/11 and put this 
country on a stronger economic foundation, and it is set to expire this 
January. Businesses in my district are telling me that if their 
policies have expired since September, they cannot find coverage 
anywhere in the United States of America; they are seeking insurance in 
England.
  Part of homeland security, part of being prepared or not is putting 
our economic policy in shape. And an important part of homeland 
security is anti-terrorism insurance. It is important to the economic 
foundation of this country. It is important to combating terrorism. We 
need to extend it. We need to do it now. The program expires in 
January.

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