[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21407]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        AMERICA'S FEAR OF FLYING

  (Mr. WU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WU. Mr. Speaker, while America is afflicted by a fear of flying, 
this House, or certain Members are afflicted by a fear of 
federalization and I have to ask, what are you all afraid of? What is 
wrong with a Federal workforce? Is it the same thing that is wrong with 
a Federal workforce at the FBI that is now investigating terrorist 
incidents? Do you criticize the so-called Federal bureaucracy at NASA 
that won us the race to the Moon? Are you afraid of government 
influence, such as the government issue GI's who went ashore on D-Day 
and won us World War II? Would you privatize the military now fighting 
in the Middle East? Of course not.
  These are all good government employees who did their jobs well in 
the service to this country. And I might just say one more thing. If 
you are so afraid of Federal influence, I dare you, I just dare you to 
submit a bill to privatize the Capitol Police that protects this 
building.
  Now, this building does not take off and go anywhere. It does not 
fly, and Americans who do fly deserve just as good protection as the 
Members in this Chamber with a Federal force outside.

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