Article: REP. HARMAN, REICHERT INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS THREAT OF 'HOMEGROWN' TERRORISM

Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif. (36th CD), issued the following press release:

Yesterday, on April 19th - the 12th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing - Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing & Terrorism Risk Assessment, introduced the "Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007." Subcommittee Ranking Member Dave Reichert (R-WA) joined Harman as co-author of the bill.

"The 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which claimed 168 lives and injured over 800, is eclipsed only by 9/11 as the deadliest act of terrorism on US soil," said Harman. "We mark that dark day by introducing legislation aimed at ...

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