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The 9/11 Commission's Recommendations: Interoperability

Date: Sept. 27, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security


THE 9/11 COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS: INTEROPERABILITY -- (House of Representatives - September 27, 2006)

(Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)

Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, earlier this month I wrote you to take action on measures that would fulfill many of the 9/11 Commission's recommendations.

On 9/11, the Commission's Republican Chair and Democratic Vice Chair expressed bipartisan concern that 5 years later, some of the most ``elementary and fundamental'' recommendations haven't been done. They said that ``there is nothing more important on the agenda of any policymaker than to make the people of this country more secure.''

Now they have told us, among other things, that we need to absolutely do interoperability.

We all remember the firefighters who lost their lives in the Twin Towers. And we remember the havoc in New Orleans during Katrina.

In light of that, Mr. Speaker, in light of the Republican leadership's unwillingness to move legislation on interoperability, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 1251, offered by Mrs. Lowey of New York.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the settled guidelines previously cited, that request cannot be entertained.

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