Henry Waxman: “This House has a choice to make today. It has been more than 3 years since September 11. We can put the safety and…”

“This House has a choice to make today. It has been more than 3 years since September 11. We can put the safety and security of America first, put the security of its people first and pass the Menendez substitute which has the Shays-Maloney language in it. This substitute bill will protect America, our families, our civil liberties; and it does not play politics with intelligence reform. Yesterday, the other body passed a bipartisan intelligence reform bill, 96 to 2. The other body's vote put America first and will help to make America safer, and it abandons cheap partisan politics. The Republican leadership's bill, H.R. 10, is a bipartisan bill intended to derail intelligence reform while al Qaeda plots against us. H.R. 10 ignores the 9/11 Commission recommendations, and it is a dangerous partisan distraction that should be defeated.”