Cornyn Urges House Passage of 9/11 Victims Bill 

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON  D.C.    Today on the Senate floor U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) urged the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act legislation he introduced with U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) that would allow families of the September 11 2001 victims to seek financial compensation from foreign sponsors of terrorism on the U.S. homeland. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyns remarks are below and video of his speech can be found here.

This bill would enable Americans and their family members to pursue justice against those who sponsor acts of terrorism on the U.S. homeland such as that that occurred on September 11 2001."  Unanimous passage of this bill I believe sends an unmistakable message that we will combat terrorism with every tool we have. And just as importantly we will make sure that simple justice is available to the victims of terrorist attacks on our soil by not erecting any unnecessary roadblocks to their pursuit of justice in the courts of law." I hope that the President will rethink his previous statements expressing an intent to perhaps veto this legislation." Its time we helped victims of terrorism in our country to seek justice and its time the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act becomes the law of the land."

Senator John Cornyn a Republican from Texas is a member of the Senate Judiciary and Finance Committees.