Johnny Isakson: “I have heard far too often statements made that directly or indirectly seemed to accuse Members of this House of…”

“I have heard far too often statements made that directly or indirectly seemed to accuse Members of this House of quibbling with the security of the American flying, traveling public. I know that is not really intended, because this bill and this conference report is all about the safety and security of the American traveling public. I respect differences on the tower issue. I respect that. But I know our President and I know no member of our subcommittee and I know every Member of this House is committed to seeing that air travel in this country is safe, which is why the issues that are never talked about in this debate are so important for me to bring out. The fact that we have codified and put into statute with this law the reimbursement to our airports and our airlines for the mandated security that is the responsibility to be put in, to see to it that the money is spent, the security is there.”