[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 177 (Wednesday, December 19, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H10358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             FAA MAILS PILOT LICENSES TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, while Congress continues to pass airline 
security measures, pilot licenses are flying to foreign countries 
faster than bin Laden's been running.
  Unbelievable, but check this out. My investigation shows the FAA 
regularly sends pilot licenses in the mail to places like Afghanistan, 
Iraq, Iran, Libya and Pakistan. Now, if that is not enough to drench 
some fire hydrant, these licenses are being sent to post office boxes, 
no less. Beam me up. I am asking that the GAO investigate this madness.
  I yield back the fact that the FAA may have supplied bin Laden with 
an air force legally certified to attack America.

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