That is correct. It was President Bush, Vice President Cheney and the Republican leadership in both Houses of Congress who steadfastly opposed the creation of that Commission and eventually bowed to pressure coming from Democratic leaders in Congress and Democrats in Congress, from the families of the victims, from the press and from the American people at large, and eventually they bowed to that pressure and they flipped-flopped, and they reluctantly allowed the Commission to be created.
Jerry Nadler: “That is correct. It was President Bush, Vice President Cheney and the Republican leadership in both Houses of Congress…”
On the recordSeptember 8, 2004
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Discussing the creation of a Commission related to the 9/11 attacks.
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