On the recordOctober 2, 2002
Hopefully, we will never need this legislation; but if it is ever needed, it may be one of the most important things we will ever do in our lifetime and during our service to this Congress. This is a start. This is an effort to say to the States that you too need to think about what we have come to have to face on a daily basis, almost: the prospect that some terrorist organization could strike suddenly, without warning, and eliminate this body that we hold so dear; and we must have preparations to replace us in the event that that should happen. Mr. Speaker, this is the start in working with the States to make sure that they have a mechanism for replacing us if the time arises, but we also have other tasks before us. We are addressing some ambiguities in the Presidential succession law that are important to close certain ambiguities there.
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