09/13/2004
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"The American people did not vote for failure, and that is precisely what the Democratic leadership's bill would guarantee."
"The lesson of 9/11 is that allowing terrorists to find a sanctuary anywhere in the world can have deadly consequences on the streets of our own cities."
"The price of giving up there would be paid in American lives for years to come."
"I'm disappointed that the Democratic leadership has chosen this course."