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Norman D. Dicks: “Again, this amendment comes to us late. The gentleman from Florida happens to be the chairman of the Transportation…”

On the recordJune 2, 2011
Again, this amendment comes to us late. The gentleman from Florida happens to be the chairman of the Transportation Committee. He could write a bill to change this. All of these things that he has bemoaned here on the floor, he could fix. He could bring the bill to the floor, and we could have a debate and a discussion. But instead, he comes here with a meat ax approach, 10 percent reduction in screeners. Also, I think the gentleman's figure of 3,700 people, I think, are not screeners here in the Nation's capital. So again, I just wish the gentleman would use his jurisdiction and his committee, hold the hearings, bring TSA up here and do the job that the chairman of the Transportation Committee should do and get this thing fixed. If it's so good, why don't you fix it? I yield back the balance of my time.
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