Christopher Shays: “first, I'd like to thank the 9/11 families for their work on this legislation, their faith in their country, their love…”

“first, I'd like to thank the 9/11 families for their work on this legislation, their faith in their country, their love for their country. During the debate on the rule, I had to walk out, it was getting so partisan. So I want to thank Steny Hoyer for bringing us back to a sound basis for debate and appreciation that this is a bipartisan problem with a bipartisan solution. Next, I want to thank former chairman Peter King for his outstanding work as chairman, never making this a partisan issue, and to Chairman Bennie Thompson for their work on a bipartisan basis on this legislation. As co-Chair of the 9/11 Caucus with Carolyn Maloney, we fought hard in the previous Congress to pass the Ensuring Implementation of the 9/11 Commission Report Act, which this legislation is based on. I appreciate the fact that this majority has finally brought this legislation to completion and they should be congratulated. I particularly want to thank Carolyn Maloney for her work helping to create a Department of Homeland Security, her work to help create the 9/11 Commission, her work to help create a Director of Intelligence, and her work now on this legislation, which, frankly, she is not getting enough credit for. She worked on this for a long period of time.”