Article: HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE APPROVES CHAIRMAN LIEBERMAN, RANKING MEMBER COLLINS LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT 9-11 RECOMMENDATIONS

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following news release:

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously approved bipartisan legislation on Thursday authored by Chairman Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) and Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-Me.) that would implement unfulfilled recommendations of the 9-11 Commission by improving the nation's security against terrorism. The legislation includes provisions to increase risk-based homeland security grants to states, improve interoperable communications among first responders, restrict terrorists' ability to enter the United States, and improve information sharing - all the while ...

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