Richard K. Armey: “Mr. Speaker, what we are doing now is revisiting the issue of homeland…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2002

Mr. Speaker, what we are doing now is revisiting the issue of homeland defense. You will recall, Mr. Speaker, that in June the President challenged Congress to pass such a bill, and we went to work on it with a select committee appointed by the Speaker and the minority leader. On July 23 of this year the House passed H.R. 5005 by a vote of 295 to 132, more than two-thirds of the House. Mr. Speaker, since that time we have waited upon the other body in terms of our hopes to have this work completed, and just last Friday the President again challenged Congress to work on this bill. During this period of time, from last Friday until today, we have had extensive consultation between Members of this body on the select committee, the committee of jurisdiction, the President, Members of the other body, and all of the committees that have jurisdiction on this bill.

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Richard K. Armey

Texas

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Discussing the progress of homeland defense legislation in Congress.

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Richard K. Armey: “Mr. Speaker, what we are doing now is revisiting the issue of homeland defense. You will recall, Mr. Speaker, that in…”

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