[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 114 (Tuesday, September 21, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H7256]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER TRAINING FLIGHT DECK OFFICERS
IN THE USE OF FIREARMS
(Mr. PEARCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Speaker, this past weekend, I traveled with the
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure to my district, to Artesia, New
Mexico, where the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is engaged in
training Federal flight deck officers for carrying firearms on
aircraft.
Mr. Speaker, that is a policy that this House passed and that the
President signed and has now implemented, and I can say that our
traveling public is much safer because of the professional training
that is being received by people who are flying our aircraft. They are
screened psychologically, they are screened in many other ways, so that
after they come out of that facility, they come out able to defend the
safety of the people on their aircraft at all cost, even up to and
including the use of firearms.
Mr. Speaker, the terrorists should be aware of that. We have trained
thousands and will continue training thousands more in my district. I
would like to commend the people at the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico.
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