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John Tierney: “America's priority right now is security. If you walk down any street, any main street in my district or anyone else's…”

On the recordOctober 11, 2001
America's priority right now is security. If you walk down any street, any main street in my district or anyone else's district, people are talking about security. They want to make sure that they are safe in their homes, safe in their neighborhoods, their children are safe in their schools, that our water is safe, that our transportation is safe. They are also talking about security of their income. Thousands and thousands of people have lost their employment as a result of what went on September 11; and those are issues which should, in fact, be a priority of this country. We have done nothing about them since September 11.
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John Tierney
Massachusetts
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Discussing national security and economic concerns following the September 11 attacks.

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