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Barbara Boxer: “If I might just answer the question this way: I would say, in all honesty, the ball is in the court of my chairman…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 2002
If I might just answer the question this way: I would say, in all honesty, the ball is in the court of my chairman, Chairman Hollings. We have a couple of people who want to talk, but they are not asking for a lot of time. They have brief comments. But as soon as the Senator from South Carolina believes he is ready, we are ready. We do not have anything else we have to add. So we are working with him. We are trying to work with him on the issue of cockpit doors. We are hoping that it will occur to him to perhaps support us or at least allow us to have a vote. We just have to wait and see.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing collaboration on cockpit door security measures.

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