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Louise Slaughter: if an independent commission is an abdication of our authority, why did we all vote unanimously to establish the 9/11…

On the recordSeptember 15, 2005
if an independent commission is an abdication of our authority, why did we all vote unanimously to establish the 9/11 Commission? Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 5\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Hastings). (Mr. HASTINGS of Florida asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
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Louise Slaughter
New York

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