Barbara Boxer: “I say to the flight attendants and the pilots who worked so hard to help us get this to a vote today: Your work will be…”

“I say to the flight attendants and the pilots who worked so hard to help us get this to a vote today: Your work will be rewarded. You are, in many cases, the last line of defense with the fact that our security checkpoints are failing, unfortunately. They are doing better, but they are not where they should be, and contraband is getting on to the planes, coupled with the fact that our military has orders to shoot down a plane that has been taken over by hijackers. Let's give this program a chance. Let's give people a chance to save their lives and the lives of the crew, the passengers and, frankly, the people on the ground. This is important for homeland security, to make sure we are doing everything to avoid another 9/11. I ask for an aye vote.”