Washington, DC – Rep. Tom Price (GA-06-R) issued the following statement today after learning Democrats would not be fulfilling their campaign promise to implement all of the 9/11 recommendations.

The Promise:

“In the first 100 hours: We will make our nation safer and we will begin by implementing the recommendations of the independent, bipartisan 9/11 Commission.” – Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Click Here to View Statement), Accessed: Dec. 15, 2006)

The Reality:

The package will not include a reorganization of congressional oversight of the Homeland Security Department or an attempt to declassify the intelligence budget, despite the fact that those, too, were key recommendations. Although Democrats pledged during the election to implement all of the commission's unfulfilled recommendations, aides now concede that doing so will be harder than they thought. Indeed, Democratic lawmakers and their aides have often pointed to a scorecard issued by the commission a year ago showing which recommendations remain unfulfilled. But now, Democrats are backing away from using the scorecard to guide development of their legislative proposals, which they promise to pass within the first 100 hours after they take control of Congress in January. (Congress Daily PM, 12/15/06)

“Countless times over the past year Democrats stated they would implement all of the 9/11 Commission recommendations if given the opportunity. Now they have the opportunity to fulfill their promise, and they have said they will not do it,” said Price. “Actions speak louder than words, or in this case, lack of action.”

“Strengthening our national security is our highest priority. Not telling the truth about paramount national issues is not leadership. This is another broken promise from Democrats and the 110th Congress has not yet begun."

The Solution:

Positive, Principled, Solution-Oriented Leadership

Democrat Broken Promise Meter: 2

Democrats and 9/11 Recommendations (12/18/06)

Democrats and the Legislative Process (12/15/06)

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