Congressman Russell Issues Statement on Successful Veto Override

Statement

Congressman Steve Russell (OK-5) issued the following statement after Congress successfully voted to override President Obama's veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act:

"What we see here is the will of the people being enacted. The initial vote had strong bipartisan support, and today you saw a near unanimous Senate vote, followed by strong support in the House. I understand some of the President's thinking that court cases could hurt foreign diplomacy, but this vote doesn't guarantee anything; there still needs to be a finding in court that these cases are legitimate. I just think it is important that the victims of terrorism have recourse to find justice. If there are funds that could be available to them, then those people should be able to access those funds."

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