[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13024]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   HUGE VICTORY FOR AMERICAN SECURITY, AMERICAN WORKERS AND AMERICAN 
                               TAXPAYERS

  (Mr. LIPINSKI asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LIPINSKI. Madam Speaker, yesterday we witnessed a huge victory 
for American security, American workers and American taxpayers.
  The GAO found what many of us suspected all along about the Air Force 
tanker decision. A flawed process unfairly disadvantaged the American-
made Boeing tanker. The Boeing aircraft met or exceeded all of the Air 
Force criteria. An independent study found that it would create at 
least twice as many American jobs including, 3,300 in Illinois.
  Other studies showed the Boeing aircraft to be 25 percent more fuel 
efficient than the Airbus, resulting in a savings of nearly $30 billion 
and over 2 billion gallons of fuel. On top of all this, I believe that 
we should not be exporting our national security.
  So today I urge my colleagues to join me in urging the Air Force to 
listen to the GAO, reopen the process and select the best tanker for 
America.

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