David Weldon: “I rise encouraging all my colleagues to vote for this rule, which allows same day consideration, and then the subsequent…”

“I rise encouraging all my colleagues to vote for this rule, which allows same day consideration, and then the subsequent rule on the bill, and certainly passage of the final bill. This is the first bite of the apple. There have been a number of Members who have risen who want to do more. We are going to have plenty of opportunity to do more, but we are clearly in a crisis situation right now. I know the impact of this issue in the State that I represent, Florida, is gigantic. We have hotels in Florida that are virtually empty, rental car fleets that are virtually at a standstill, theme parks and other tourist attractions that are empty. We are going to be seeing layoffs in a lot of other industries, and all of the myriad other issues, airline safety, fair treatment for employees, we are going to have an opportunity to take those issues up. I will tell you an issue I am very concerned about. We have indemnification in this underlying bill. We indemnify the airlines, but not the manufacturers. Some people might say how ridiculous; what trial attorney would sue a manufacturer of an airplane in a hijack situation? Mr. Speaker, it has happened. They have tried to sue manufacturers of airplanes in hijacking situations. So we are going to have to go back and revisit indemnification. We are going to have lots of opportunities to deal with these issues. But this is the right thing to do at this hour. We need to do this for America.”