[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  CONGRESS NEEDS TO PASS AIRLINE SECURITY AND AN ECONOMIC STIMULATION 
                                  BILL

  (Mr. HINCHEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Speaker, I am afraid that this Congress is becoming 
less and less relevant to the important concerns of people all across 
our country. Last month, a record number of Americans lost their jobs. 
Yet a program to stimulate the national economy is still hanging fire 
here while people try to profiteer by providing huge tax cuts for the 
wealthy while providing no help for people who are out of work.
  The same thing is true with airline security. We have a bill that has 
been in conference now for weeks. It is more than 2 months since the 
disaster struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Yet we have no 
program to provide security for the Americans who are traveling by air 
across our country and internationally.
  It is time this Congress got to work and produced airline security 
and a proper economic stimulation bill. These are the things that are 
of most concern to the American people.

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