Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Department of Justice Emails Description An account of the resource The Department of Justice received more than 11,000 e-mails in response to the agency's public solicitation for comments upon its plans to distribute the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 established by Congress to benefit the victims of September 11 and their families. These e-mails have been organized here by date. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE Washington, DC 20515 January 28, 2002 The Honorable John Ashcroft Attorney General Office of the Attorney General Department of Justice Main Justice Building Room 5111 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530 Dear Attorney General Ashcroft: As a result of constituents who have lost family members in the events of September 11th having contacted me and shared with me their concerns regarding the interim final rule for September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, I have introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives, H.Con.Res. 302, which I would like to bring to your attention. H.Con.Res.302 urges the Department of Justice to seek subrogation, as authorized in section 409 of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, from Osama Bin Laden, other members of Al-Qaeda, and any other individual or organization determined to be responsible for the terrorist-related aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001, with respect to claims paid under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. Also, it calls upon the President to liquidate the assets of those responsible for the terrorist-related aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001, which have been blocked or confiscated by the United States, as authorized in section 106 of the USA PATRIOT ACT, and to use the amounts from liquidation to pay claims or reimburse the Government for claims paid under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. As I discussed in my written comment to Special Master Kenneth R. Feinberg regarding the interim final rule for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, the purpose of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 is to provide expedited, fair, financial relief for those most devastated by the events of September 11th, sparing these individuals from having to go to court to litigate for years at excessive cost and constantly having to relive the horrible events of that day. This financial relief, though, comes from the generosity of the American taxpayers, who were not the wrongdoers in the events of September 11th. I believe that it is, therefore, only appropriate that those who committed the evil act of September 11th forfeit their assets to pay the claims of the victims. Additionally, it is my hope that if Special Master Feinberg knew that ultimately, the funding for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund would be coming from those who committed the evil acts of September 11th, then he would re-evaluate the amounts the interim final rule for the September 11th Victim compensation Fund of 2001 plans to award the victims' families. While no amount of money will ever compensate for the loss of a loved one, we must provide these families with the financial support that will help them as much as possible. I respectfully request that you give serious consideration to the ideas contained in my resolution. I would be very pleased to discuss them with you. I look forward to working together with you on this important matter and thank you for your leadership during these difficult times. Sincerely, Comment by: Steven R. Rothman Member of Congress Washington, DC SRR:ak Attachment 1 107th CONGRESS 2D SESSION H.CON.RES. 302 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-28 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource dojN002681.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-01-28