[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20062]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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        THE 9/11 COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS: INTEROPERABILITY

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, earlier this month I wrote 
you to take action on measures that would fulfill many of the 9/11 
Commission's recommendations.
  On 9/11, the Commission's Republican Chair and Democratic Vice Chair 
expressed bipartisan concern that 5 years later, some of the most 
``elementary and fundamental'' recommendations haven't been done. They 
said that ``there is nothing more important on the agenda of any 
policymaker than to make the people of this country more secure.''
  Now they have told us, among other things, that we need to absolutely 
do interoperability.
  We all remember the firefighters who lost their lives in the Twin 
Towers. And we remember the havoc in New Orleans during Katrina.
  In light of that, Mr. Speaker, in light of the Republican 
leadership's unwillingness to move legislation on interoperability, I 
ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 1251, offered by Mrs. Lowey of 
New York.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the settled guidelines previously 
cited, that request cannot be entertained.

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