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Rep. Corrine Brown: “I personally sat through the testimony of the CEOs in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. I know that…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2001
I personally sat through the testimony of the CEOs in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. I know that our carriers need some relief. But I refuse to vote for a bill that was never debated in committee, and does absolutely nothing for the thousands of employees and businesses that rely on the airline carriers for survival. We are handing over $5 billion, a blank check, to the airline CEOs, and over $10 billion in loan guarantees, with no questions asked; but not one single dime for the over 100,000 employees who the airline carriers are laying off. How can we go back to the district and tell those hardworking men and women that we were not able to provide a dime for them, but yet we are giving the CEOs $5 billion? Mr. Speaker, the airline carriers are taking advantage of us. We are being chumps.
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Rep. Corrine Brown
Florida
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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the lack of support for airline employees in a bill providing financial aid to airline carriers.

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