E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 107th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 147 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2001 No. 119 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was ing peace so all Americans here and reasonable and understand that there called to order by the Speaker pro tem- abroad, with our friends around the should be no egregious trading on the pore (Mr. LATOURETTE). world, may live in the freedom of ex- backs of this disaster. f pression of faith, hope and love, now When the airlines open today, we ask and forever. Amen. for calm and reasonableness as people DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER f approach those who work in our air- PRO TEMPORE ports. THE JOURNAL The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- We also ask each and every citizen fore the House the following commu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The living in communities throughout this nication from the Speaker: Chair has examined the Journal of the country to take a moment to salute the police officers, the firefighters, the WASHINGTON, DC, last day’s proceedings and announces September 13, 2001. to the House his approval thereof. military personnel who don the uni- I hereby appoint the Honorable STEVEN C. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- forms of service to this country, to this LATOURETTE to act as Speaker pro tempore nal stands approved. Nation, and to our communities to pro- on this day. f tect and provide for us. Oftentimes we J. DENNIS HASTERT, are not thankful enough for those who Speaker of the House of Representatives. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE risk their lives because we are simply f The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the usually inconvenienced at the red or blue lights we see in our rear-view mir- PRAYER gentleman from New York (Mr. MCNULTY) come forward and lead the rors. We do not thank them enough The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. House in the Pledge of Allegiance. until we need them, until we call 911, Coughlin, offered the following prayer: Mr. MCNULTY led the Pledge of Alle- and then we desperately ask for their The Lord is my light and my salva- giance as follows: help. Society requires us to be bigger tion whom should I fear! I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the and better than that. Lord God, Your light has come into United States of America, and to the Repub- I hear some of our Members com- this world. Your revelation guides this lic for which it stands, one Nation under plaining about not being briefed Nation still. God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for enough, not being informed enough In the very beginning You separated all. about what has happened. I do not out the light from the darkness. Per- f want a briefing, I say to my colleagues. haps this is exactly what You want us I want those people who need to pursue to do on this new day. ON RECENT U.S. TRAGEDY this tragedy with vigor to not inter- Remove from us the darkness of fear (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given per- rupt their investigation to brief us and fantasy, projection and prejudice, mission to address the House for 1 now. We have a chance to be Monday blinding anger, and confusion. Help us minute and to revise and extend his re- morning quarterbacks, we have a to be realistic and unafraid to walk in marks.) chance to review what has happened, the light of day, returning to ordinary Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, it is a new but the most important thing now is tasks which make this Nation vibrant day and a new dawn in America, and answers for families and answers to and strong. how lucky I am to be an American cit- who created this problem and staying As so many dead are laid to rest we izen. resolved as a Nation that we are bigger must memorialize their ordinary inno- Watching the TV in the morning is and better than they are. cence, their daily hopes and respon- very, very difficult because we see fam- Let us not target citizens needlessly sibilities as well as their love. Assist ilies looking for loved ones and we see who may be related by ethnicity or re- with Your grace the noble task of people searching for answers and clues ligion. Let us focus on those perpetra- grieving families, medical, counseling to this devastating tragedy. tors who inflicted this damage and this and search teams in their untiring Whoever did this may have taken a devastation to our country. We are a work of compassion. bite out of the big apple, but they are bigger and better place than anywhere May prayer in Your spirit enlighten rotten to the core for inflicting the else in the world. And in these critical the Members of this Congress so they damage on innocent people. hours, it is more important than ever may be sound and unified in purpose. We will see the opening, hopefully to prove it, to show the world who we Make them Your instruments to sta- soon, of the financial markets, and we are as people, and to make certain bilize this Nation and bring about last- pray people are not only sensible but while we talk about acts of war and b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H5593 . VerDate 31-AUG-2001 04:40 Sep 14, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A13SE7.000 pfrm01 PsN: H13PT1 H5594 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 13, 2001 treason and treachery that we focus also trying to make sense of these re- the Russian Duma offering to work our full, complete attention on those cent events, and I quote: ‘‘Did you with us. The Russians have the same who inflicted this pain and damage. want us to respect your cause? You threat that we do, and this is an oppor- We are a proud Nation and we are just damned Your cause. Did you want tunity for us to work together. great Americans, and in this hour of us to fear you? You just steeled our re- Number three, our colleagues can need let us rise above the din of acri- solve. Did you want to tear us apart? join next week in State Farm’s an- mony and pray to the Lord for strength You just brought us together.’’ nouncement of several hundreds of and make certain that in this hour we Yes, Mr. Speaker, we are a united Na- thousands of dollars going to the Po- help our fellow man more than ever be- tion, a united country, the United lice and Fire Foundation to benefit the fore. States, today, tomorrow, and forever, families of those police and firefighters f and we will overcome. who are currently missing in New York. INTELLIGENCE NETWORK A f And, number four, our colleagues can WASTE OF CONGRESS’ FUNDING AMERICANS SHOULD NOT TURN join the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. ANGER AGAINST ONE ANOTHER (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was HOYER) and I as we announce next given permission to address the House (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was week the creation of a multimillion for 1 minute and to revise and extend given permission to address the House dollar fund to support the Police and his remarks.) for 1 minute and to revise and extend Firefighters Hero Scholarship Fund in Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, the her remarks.) New York so that we can provide for Berlin Wall, the Soviet Union, the in- Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, full college scholarships for every son vasion of Kuwait, the Oklahoma City this is a time for Americans to stand and daughter of every police officer bombing, Pan Am 103, our World Trade together through our grief and our and firefighter in New York City who is Center, two times, now the Pentagon, frustration and even our anger. But I determined to have been killed in this and on and on. Let us tell it like it is: wanted to come down here this morn- terrible tragedy. America gives $60 billion a year to the ing to say how important it is that we I urge my colleagues to join with us FBI and CIA for intelligence, and the do not turn our anger on one another. in these efforts. truth is we learned of every one of We are beginning to hear some dis- f these tragedies from Fox News and turbing reports of acts of bigotry CNN. against people who are perceived to be CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES OF Tell me, after all these years, you or who are Arab Americans or people VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACK mean to tell me our intelligence net- who are wearing turbans; of angry (Mr. PASTOR asked and was given work cannot locate and infiltrate mobs, angry crowds coming to a permission to address the House for 1 Osama bin Laden’s organization? Tell mosque; a person wearing a turban minute and to revise and extend his re- me, Congress, when are we going to tell being thrown off a train. It is only a marks.) Afghanistan, when are we going to tell victory for those who would perpetrate Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Speaker, this Iran that if they are housing bin Laden acts of terrorism against us if we begin morning, again, I extend my condo- we will declare war against them? to turn against one another.