“I’m trying to figure out what the holdup is. ... There seems to be this incredible inertia against engaging on this issue, and candidly I don’t know that I entirely get it,” said Kilmer.
Baird said that in the past two decades, lawmakers have refused to acknowledge reality.
“Mr. Chairman, I’ve never worked on anything more important in my entire life with less success, and that’s partly because of denial. People don’t want to believe they can die,” said Baird.
Extensive reports were produced by a Continuity of Government Commission in the years after 9/11 but were met with inaction, indifference or hostility.
But some lawmakers, including some who remain in Congress, did take notice. Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., then the ranking member on the House Administration Committee, as well as Reps. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, and Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., held hearings in the Judiciary Committee on continuity plans and reconstitution after an attack. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., who now chairs the House Administration panel, filed a bill in 2002 to amend the Constitution with a new continuity framework. But urgency seemingly subsided, and little progress was made.
The Link LonkApril 14, 2021 at 04:02PM
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Pandemic, riot, shootings, but little action on congressional continuity plans - Roll Call
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