Political Quotes

“We are fast approaching 9/11, the 20th anniversary of that horrific, unspeakable murder of thousands of our fellow citizens, including Terry Strada's husband and Brett Eagleson's father. Brett Eagleson put it very, very starkly and simply. I am not quoting, but essentially his warning to us ought to reverberate in these Halls. Public officials on that anniversary will be making speeches about how we should never forget, about how we need to commemorate the memories of all who perished in 9/11. But, as he said, their words will ring shallow or hollow if their own government continues to refuse to disclose documents and evidence needed for them to seek justice. Those families deserve better. And the cause is bigger than just those families. It is the American people who deserve better. They deserve and they need to know the truth about whether the complicity and other kinds of potential criminal activity can be proved in a court of law, can be used to learn about future action to be taken. If Agencies of the U.S. Government, including our intelligence Agencies, knew about those attackers and the danger they posed and failed to take sufficient action, we should know those facts as well. It is incomprehensible why the U.S. Government has failed to provide this truth to the American people. There has been no explanation for the failure to declassify. There is no explanation for invoking the State Secrets Act.…”