James Norton said "As we pray for the September 11 victims and their families, let us remember not only what it means to work in Washington, D.C., but to live in Washington, D.C., like the 600,000 people who call the Nation's capital home. Many of us who serve in this House live here, too, and the rest of us spend as much time in the District as they do in their own districts. The enemy knew well that the way to attack our country was to try to attack this city. If we shift course enough to learn how to safeguard the Nation's capital from the new terrorism, New York and the rest of the country will not be far behind. Understand that this will require a radical reevaluation of security as we have known it. Just as important, it will require that we reconcile our security with our core identity as an open, democratic society." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 11, 2001

As we pray for the September 11 victims and their families, let us remember not only what it means to work in Washington, D.C., but to live in Washington, D.C., like the 600,000 people who call the Nation's capital home. Many of us who serve in this House live here, too, and the rest of us spend as much time in the District as they do in their own districts. The enemy knew well that the way to attack our country was to try to attack this city. If we shift course enough to learn how to safeguard the Nation's capital from the new terrorism, New York and the rest of the country will not be far behind. Understand that this will require a radical reevaluation of security as we have known it. Just as important, it will require that we reconcile our security with our core identity as an open, democratic society.

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James Norton

Ohio

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the impact of the September 11 attacks on Washington, D.C.

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