Homeland Security's TX roots - imagine that...

by sleepless

Sat, Sep 22, 2001 7:47AM

The bill is called The National Homeland Security Agency Act (HR 1158). Based on a recommendation by the bipartisan Commission on National Security/21st century, the measure would bring together four federal agencies currently on the homeland defense – the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Coast Guard, the Customs Service, and the Border Patrol. Authored by US Rep Mac Thornberry, a Texas republican.

News Release

For Release:
September 12, 2001
Contact: Lou Zickar
(202) 225-3706

Thornberry Condemns Attack, Calls for Establishment of U.S. Homeland Security Agency

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) today condemned yesterday

For more information: http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/tx13_...

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