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Lynn C. Woolsey: “I want to remind the public, I want to remind everybody here today and the press, that all of the heroes in this country…”

On the recordNovember 6, 2001
I want to remind the public, I want to remind everybody here today and the press, that all of the heroes in this country since September 11, the pilots, the airline attendants, the firefighters and the police officers, every single one of them belong to a labor union. So what is the fear? Our chance this week would be to agree to the other body's language to federalization, follow their lead and agree to some really meaningful provisions that will put our citizens first, not the airlines, not the private companies that contribute great amounts of money to these individuals that are insisting that we stay private. Since the other body did vote 100 to nothing, we know that is a bipartisan idea. We also know that the public is going to watch what we are doing, and they want us to take care of them.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California
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Discussing the need for federalization in aviation security and addressing concerns about labor unions.

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