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Frank Pallone: I appreciate his comments. I do not like to sound morbid, but as I started out tonight, people have died. We had 6,000…

On the recordOctober 31, 2001
I appreciate his comments. I do not like to sound morbid, but as I started out tonight, people have died. We had 6,000 people die at the World Trade Center, many of them my constituents. It is just incredible to me to think that with all of that happening that we have not moved on this and that that does not move the House Republican leadership to take up this bill that was adopted unanimously, 100-to-nothing.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Addressing the need for legislative action following the September 11 attacks.

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