Wes Watkins: “today I rise to fully support this joint resolution today condemning the horrible acts of terrorism committed against…”

“today I rise to fully support this joint resolution today condemning the horrible acts of terrorism committed against the United States on September 11, 2001. I am both saddened and angered by yesterday's events. Like most Americans, I have been watching these events in disbelief, and praying for the families, the victims, the rescue workers, and those responsible for finding the guilty parties. I, along with the people of the Third District of Oklahoma, send condolences and prayers to those affected by these senseless and cowardly attacks. Make no mistake: our Nation is at war. The acts that were perpetrated against the United States yesterday were a willful act of destruction to destabilize our American democracy. The acts were meant to threaten our freedom. In fact, they have failed. The American people will not be intimidated by the threats of faceless, cowardly terrorists. We will not live in fear. Our attackers have underestimated the will and resolve of the American people. The country is united today more strongly than before yesterday's terrorist attack. We are united in our purpose: to hunt down and eliminate the individuals and organizations who commit, support, and ferment these acts of evil. We will not rest until we find and destroy all of the terrorists who are responsible for committing these acts. A free Nation cannot be truly free until the threat of terrorism is extinguished.”