[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20464]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                             AIRLINE SAFETY

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, it is a shame that we are now 42 days after 
the attack of September 11 and this House has done not a single thing 
for airline safety. Nothing. Zilch. Not one additional element of 
airline security. When you get on your planes next Friday to go home, 
it will be with the sure knowledge that 90 to 95 percent of the bags 
that go into the belly of your airplane are not screened for explosive 
devices. Those bags go in there with nothing to screen them from 
keeping C-4 explosives in them.
  Yesterday at the airport, or 2 days ago, I got on an airplane and 
they took the nail clippers away from the guy next to me and that is 
great. But we have not done a single thing to keep C-4 explosives out 
of the bags. Instead, the majority party is bringing this alleged 
stimulus package that is going to stimulate nothing except campaign 
contributions. It is really too bad that we are paying more attention 
to the corporate financial security and no interest in airline 
passenger personal security.

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