[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 176 (Wednesday, November 14, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H13864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        KNOW WHO WORKS AT O'HARE

  (Mr. KIRK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIRK. Madam Speaker, you do not need a valid Social Security 
number to get a job at America's busiest airport. Recently, Federal 
inspectors reported that screeners at O'Hare Airport also missed 60 
percent of all bomb test kits designed to test the screeners. The 
Justice Department then found three dozen illegal aliens using expired 
airport security badges. Authorities had no idea who the real identity 
was of workers with direct access to civil aircraft. This is not the 
way to run America's busiest airport.
  Later today, Representatives Roskam, Biggert, and I will introduce 
legislation creating Federal security zones where only badged and 
approved United States citizens can work next to an aircraft. Everyone 
at the airport Federal security zone will have a background check and 
have a valid, real Social Security number.
  You would think the Transportation Security Agency would know who is 
working at American airports. Our bill would help implement that 
commonsense solution.

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