Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I just visited the 9/11 memorial this past Saturday and was extraordinarily moved by that memorial. It is an amazing place. It really brings to one's heart the gravity of what that situation was. We then went down to the museum and I saw exactly where the plane went through the steel superstructure and the staircase where hundreds of our people fled with smoke following them down those stairs. We must prevent another 9/11. I note there is a letter from certain members of the September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows that has been sent to us in favor of this bill and the detainee transfer provisions in the bill. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the letter from the September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Peaceful Tomorrows, New York, NY, November 18, 2013. Dear Senator: We are writing to ask you to support the Guantanamo detainee transfer provisions included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2014, as reported out of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC). We are all family members of those killed in the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks. Since that tragic event, we have worked together as members of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows [http://www.peacefultomorrows.orgl for long-lasting solutions to the violence that claimed our loved ones' lives.…”