Tom Carper: “I hope this casual approach to a dangerous threat ends with the adoption of the rail and security amendments this week.…”

“I hope this casual approach to a dangerous threat ends with the adoption of the rail and security amendments this week. I strongly support their passage and urge our leadership to fight to maintain them in the bill with the amendments we send to the President. In conclusion, it has been 5 years since 9/11; 5 years of hearing that we need to take threats seriously and realize we live in a dangerous world. It is time we act on those words and protect the millions of Americans who rely on rail and transit every day, and on our ports, just as this legislation would better protect our ports and the communities around them in the years ahead. Mr. President, I yield my time.”