[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22595]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           AVIATION SECURITY

  (Mr. HOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, if we want to revitalize the airline industry, 
we have to get people back on the planes. It is clear that people do 
not feel safe flying. Airlines are losing money, and the number of 
passengers is way down. Yet, here we are, more than 2 months after the 
events of September 11 without an agreement on airline security.
  To prevent future attacks and to restore the public's confidence in 
flying, we must take steps. We cannot just hope that the same security 
companies that have committed gross violations of current law will do a 
better job in the future. We have Federal oversight of private, for-
profit companies right now; and the current system is not working. This 
is a very real problem, and it deserves a real solution.
  Mr. Speaker, Congress should stay in session and pass an aviation 
security bill that protects the flying public.

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