Joe Crowley: “I appreciate the chairman's demonstration of desire to make this a reality by what he has just said on the floor, and I…”

“I appreciate the chairman's demonstration of desire to make this a reality by what he has just said on the floor, and I too am the son and the grandson of a police officer. And I think most people know that my first cousin was killed on 9/11, John Moran, as well as numerous friends of mine who were police officers and fire fighters. So there is a personal element to this issue as well. I do appreciate the gentleman's offer to verbally contact the administration and the Attorney General's Office, and I hope, again, that something can be done after 2 rac{1}{2} years of really, if nothing else that I can describe, just dragging feet. I wish I had a better answer as to why this has not taken place already. It is not the Senate. It certainly is not you, Mr. Chairman, or anyone in this House. We have spoken unanimously in the past, and as I said before, this is the third time on the floor that we will have spoken. So I appreciate the gentleman's advice and his counsel on what he will do on his side to make this a reality before this goes any further.”