Political Quotes

“I rise in support of H.R. 2899, the Freedom Bonds Act. Immediately after the September 11 attack, I introduced legislation authorizing the U.S. Treasury to issue special bonds to help fund victim relief, rebuilding, military activity, counter-terrorism activities, et cetera. The legislation before us today represents an amalgam of various bills introduced in both the House and the Senate that would authorize the U.S. Treasury to redesignate either all or part of the current Series EE savings bonds as Freedom Bonds that will be available for purchase anywhere in our country at local financial institutions and also through the Treasury Department Web site directly. Now, there are some media commentators who have suggested that these bonds will not be the best investment possible. Well, that could well be true, but that totally misses the point.”