Jerry Nadler: “Well, there was a reluctance to have a 9/11 Commission, then there was a reluctance to cooperate with the 9/11…”

“Well, there was a reluctance to have a 9/11 Commission, then there was a reluctance to cooperate with the 9/11 Commission, because, remember, they had to beg and threaten, threaten subpoenas to get information out of the administration. Then they had to threaten subpoenas to get witnesses before the commission. Then there had to be heavy political pressure because, with all these delays, they could not finish their work by the legislatively mandated time at the end of May; and so they sought a 2-month extension, and the administration and the Republican leadership of the House said no. So there had to be heavy pressure from the Democrats, from the public, from the families of the victims to get them the extension so they could finish their job. Then, when they got the extension and they made their recommendations at the end of July, and they said, okay, now it is time to move on this, then the Republican leadership in the House said, we cannot move on this. We will not have time to do it before the election, maybe until next year. Then there was heavy pressure from the Democrat leadership, from Democrats and the families of the victims, and others, and, finally, finally, the Republicans have now said, only in the last couple of weeks, that they are now going to try to have legislation enacted before the election.”