The House is debating HR1, a bill to enact almost all of the 9/11 Commission recommendations. A little over forty years ago they were using firehoses and german shepherds on blacks in Mississippi that wanted to vote. Today, the chairman of the House Homeland Security committee is Bennie Thompson. He’s a black man from Mississippi. He is presiding over the debate on this bill. John Murtha is acting as speaker. And the Republicans are acting with extreme resentment and anger at the sudden change in power. I can hardly explain how satisfying it is to watch this on television. This is what we were working for. This is excellent.
