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John Shadegg: “I know he has thoughtfully studied this legislation and cares very much, as we all do, about airline security, about…”

On the recordOctober 31, 2001
I know he has thoughtfully studied this legislation and cares very much, as we all do, about airline security, about making sure we have the safest system, and not about doing a quick and easy fix of just saying well, if we make them Federal employees, that will solve the problem. There are serious problems with the Senate bill, beginning with this issue of should we have a different set of responsibilities for small airports and should people who live in small towns pay a different price? I wonder if he has given the question any thought of why should we have different responsibility at those smaller airports than we have at the larger airports and how fair is it to say to people who live in small towns, you are going to pay more than people who live in large towns?
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John Shadegg
Arizona

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Discussing airline security legislation and the implications for small airports during a House floor debate.

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