Joe Lieberman: “I wanted to say a personal word about the extraordinary way in which the families of so many of those who were lost on…”

“I wanted to say a personal word about the extraordinary way in which the families of so many of those who were lost on September 11 have taken their unspeakable losses and personal grief and turned it into remarkable, continuing acts of advocacy for action by our Government to guarantee, as best any human can, that no other families will suffer the losses that they have suffered. These families have pushed relentlessly, and with such principle and purpose, for the creation of this commission to answer the question that they naturally ask, that we all ask but they ask it with a personal poignancy: How could this have happened? ... The purpose of this commission is to provide those answers for Mrs. Kleinberg, for her children, for all the survivors and friends, and for all Americans, to make sure their Government is doing everything it humanly can to prevent anything like the tragic attacks of September 11 of 2001 from ever happening again. I think this is our best way to do that. I urge the adoption of this amendment.”