[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 24, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H7223]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      FEDERALIZE AIRLINE SECURITY

  (Mr. UDALL of New Mexico asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I visited the airport in my 
State over the last weekend, and there were many new security measures 
in that airport put in place, and the National Guard was greatly 
appreciated in terms of their presence. But we can do a lot better when 
it comes to security. We should match all bags with passengers, we 
should federalize airline security, we can require overseas airlines to 
disclose passenger lists before they arrive in the United States, and 
we can require all luggage be X-rayed for bombs.
  The Senate has acted 100 to nothing. We do not have a bill on the 
floor. We need a bill. We need a bill now. It is absolutely 
unacceptable that we are not working on airline safety.

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