04/07/2002
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"To protect the American people, Congress must promptly renew all provisions of the PATRIOT Act this year."
"Attorney General Gonzales now joins every employee at the Department of Justice in an urgent mission to protect the United States from another terrorist attack."
"Over the past 4 years, Attorney General Ashcroft has started the Department of Justice on the right course in the war on terror."
"I hereby designate the specific proposals in the amounts requested herein as emergency requirements."