[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20646]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AIRLINE SAFETY MUST BE ADDRESSED

  (Ms. KILPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, nearly 2 weeks ago the Senate passed a 
bill on airline safety. It is now time for the House to take up that 
bill, and we would urge the leadership of the House to bring that bill 
forward immediately. We took care of the airlines. We have not taken 
care of the industry: the riders, the American people, the people who 
work in the airports, the airports, the concessionaires.
  Mr. Speaker, it is important that we take care of security, that we 
have all bags checked as they go onto our planes, and we make sure that 
the screeners who screen us are conviction-free and are able to do the 
jobs that it will take to secure the safety of the American flying 
public. Bring the bill forward now. We must protect Americans' right to 
ride airplanes, and we must protect the airports and the people who 
work in them.

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