On the recordOctober 10, 2001
I am reminded when we discuss homeland security and the great task that is before us all some words by Walt Whitman when he was at this House, when he was at this very House during the Civil War. He wrote, ``One is not without impression after all amid these Members of Congress of both Houses, that if the flat routine of their duties should ever be broken in upon by some great emergency involving real danger, in calling for first class personal qualities, those qualities would be found generally forthcoming and for men not now credited with them.'' I think those words are fitting and I want to commend my colleague, the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Larson), and I want to commend the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Sanchez), because the task is upon us.
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