WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) - Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, a member of the Armed Services Committee, and a former Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve - released the following statement observing the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001:
"Twenty-five years ago, our nation experienced an unspeakable tragedy that took 2,977 innocent lives and forever changed our country. Today, we remember those who never came home, the families who have carried their loss, and the courageous first responders who ran toward danger to save others and h...