Sylvester Turner: “Mr. Speaker, this is the week that we remember that attack on America that occurred on September 11, 2001. It is a time…”

“Mr. Speaker, this is the week that we remember that attack on America that occurred on September 11, 2001. It is a time of mourning, a time of remembrance. We all remember the horror of the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, the crash in the open field in Pennsylvania. We remember the determination on the faces of firefighters and the workers who entered the fiery inferno in a valiant attempt to save the lives of people they did not know. We remember the resolve and the commitment that resounded throughout this Congress and this Nation in the aftermath of that dreadful day. Never again, we said, would we be caught unprepared. Never again would we send some of our bravest citizens, our police, our firefighters, our emergency workers into harm's way unable to communicate with one another. Never again would we allow large security gaps that could be exploited by those who seek to do us harm. Mr. Speaker, in the aftermath of September 11, this Congress responded with unprecedented speed and unity.”