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Wendy Sherman: No. As I said, I introduced it in February or May of 2001 in part because I was analyzing how our institutions could be…

On the recordMarch 30, 2004
No. As I said, I introduced it in February or May of 2001 in part because I was analyzing how our institutions could be improved in light of the difficulties of December, 2000, and I was not surprised that I was not able to get a hearing then. But in the months after September 11 when we have been so concerned about what terrorists could do to our country, I am frankly flabbergasted that the House Committee on the Judiciary has not considered amending the 1947 Presidential Succession Act.
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Wendy Sherman
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need to amend the 1947 Presidential Succession Act after the events of September 11.

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