Bill Clinton: “on this, the one month anniversary of the horrifying terrorist attacks of September 11, I rise to introduce a bill that…”

“on this, the one month anniversary of the horrifying terrorist attacks of September 11, I rise to introduce a bill that I believe will provide protection from future terrorist attacks for the most vulnerable members of our society: children. In preparing for threats ahead, we must also examine what happened to our children on September 11--we must consider the impact of the attacks on children in New York and Virginia, and all of the affected states and regions, as well as the impact on children throughout the Nation. We must do all we can to support and assist these children in their recovery, as well as protect children in the future who, God forbid, may face similarly horrifying attacks. People in New York, and around the country, are looking for information and assurance that their children's needs are being taken into account as we prepare for future terrorist threats. Parents have been coming up to me in New York and asking important questions about how to protect their children in the case of a threat. And, students have been writing to me asking to protect them as we move ahead into a more uncertain world. Sheryl De Los Santos, a student at I.S. 383, a middle school in Brooklyn, writes: During the tragic loss of the Twin Towers my reaction to this loss was why? Why would someone do this to our country? When I saw them come down, I totally lost it. I cried. I cried even more when I heard how many people died.…”