Mike Thompson: “Probably the best reason for going forward with some additional activity, whether extension of the joint committee or…”

“Probably the best reason for going forward with some additional activity, whether extension of the joint committee or creation of a new commissioner, is not necessarily because we can do something that will prevent future catastrophes. I wish we could. But there is too much hate and too much technology in the world to be able to ever guarantee our citizenry that we can do that. It is not that we can even resolve the issue. Tragedies have happened before in this country, and we are still debating what happened or what did not happen. It is a matter of doing what we can to find out what happened in the best way possible. It is a matter of simple justice. We owe it to the people involved. We owe it to the American people. We owe it to ourselves. We owe it to our world to do the best we can to do all those things to make it a little more preventable, to resolve key issues, do the best we can. It is the right thing to do. It is a matter of simple justice--not that there will be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.”