Joe Lieberman: “I am truly proud to join with Chairman Collins in presenting to the Senate this historic bipartisan legislation, the…”

“I am truly proud to join with Chairman Collins in presenting to the Senate this historic bipartisan legislation, the National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004. Senator Collins deserves enormous credit for shepherding this bill through the Governmental Affairs Committee and for involving so many interested parties to produce transformational reform, which, when implemented, will make all Americans safer than we are today. It has been truly a personal pleasure to work with her and other members of our committee to produce the legislation we have brought before the Senate this afternoon. On the day after the September 11 Commission report was issued and the bipartisan leadership of this Senate, Senator Frist and Senator Daschle, gave the Governmental Affairs Committee jurisdiction to take up and discuss and report back to the full Senate on the executive branch recommendations for intelligence reform, Senator Collins and I spoke and we agreed from the beginning that this was the moment to forget party labels and focus on the national security interests. After all, not only were we attacked 3 years ago, we are under imminent threat of another terrorist attack. Al-Qaida and the other terrorist groups have made absolutely clear they intend to strike us again.”