[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17767]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  NATIONWIDE REVOLT OVER BODY SCANNERS

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, a Nationwide revolt is developing over the 
body scanners at the airports, and it should. Hundreds of thousands of 
frequent fliers who fly each week are upset about getting these 
frequent doses of radiation. Parents are upset about being forced to 
have their children radiated or being touched inappropriately by an 
unrelated adult.
  There is already plenty of security at the airport, but now we are 
going to spend up to $300 million to install 1,000 scanners. This is 
much more about money than it is about security.
  The former Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, 
represents Rapiscan, the company which is selling these scanners to his 
former Department. Far too many Federal contracts are sweetheart, 
insider deals. Companies hire former high-ranking Federal officials, 
and then, magically, those companies get hugely profitable Federal 
contracts.
  The American people should not have to choose between having full-
body radiation or a very embarrassing, intrusive pat-down every time 
they fly as if they were criminals. We need a little more balance and 
common sense on this.

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