08/10/2003
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"I've asked the Congress to join me in creating a Department of Homeland Security."
"We owe it to our children. We owe it to our children's children to defend freedom."
"The House responded, but the Senate is more interested in special interest in Washington and not interested in the security of the American people."
"I will not accept a Department of Homeland Security that does not allow this President, and future Presidents, to better keep the American people secure."