[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13] [House] [Page 17335] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]FIVE YEARS LATE (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, after 5 years the President who ignored the memo that bin Laden wanted to attack the United States is belatedly taking steps to bring to trial suspected terrorists. Why the sudden change of heart? Well, the public is fed up with the bungling, the secret prisons and torture. The Supreme Court has ruled that the administration's approach was unconstitutional. All of this has created a political tide that has forced the President's hand. But now is the time for the Congress, which has been asleep at the switch allowing the administration's despicable excesses, to do its job. Instead of rubber stamping the administration's flawed and belated proposal, Congress should do what it should have done in the first place: Ensure that justice is done, the enemies of the United States are punished, and America's tarnished image of justice is restored. ____________________