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John Mica: I just found out about this proposal coming up today last night, and I do pledge to work with them to try to make their…

On the recordDecember 11, 2007
I just found out about this proposal coming up today last night, and I do pledge to work with them to try to make their intent the most effective intent, protecting the American public. And I know that is what Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite does. That is her intent. And I think that is Mrs. Lowey's intent here. But what we have got to do is make certain that we aren't doing something that really won't achieve the results. And I think the normal screening of workers, as it has been done as we screen passengers, would not be that effective. So I have no objection to a demonstration project, but I think what we need is one that is sophisticated to try to deal with finding out what the bad intent of supposedly good aviation system workers may be.
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John Mica
Republican · Florida

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Discussing aviation security and the effectiveness of screening proposals.

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