9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act

9/11 RECOMMENDATIONS IMPLEMENTATION ACT -- (House of Representatives - October 07, 2004)

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 827 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill, H.R. 10.

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Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Chairman, the 9/11 Commission was born of the most brutal attack in this country's history on our soil, and we should remember that the commission was created to investigate our weaknesses and also to make recommendations on strengthening our national security. I think that the commission should be commended and the families that have been involved in making those recommendations at our hearings should be commended for their good work and for remaining above our partisanship.

But what I see here today in this bill is that after that long process of the commissioners and the involvement of these families, that much of their key recommendations have been set aside, and I think that is a shame. And we should, I think, instead, support the Menendez substitute that agrees with the recommendations made by the other branch which I think properly protects American security and brings accountability to our intelligence systems that were so flawed prior to the attacks.

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