Greg Ganske: “Mr. Chairman, these are the contracted security screeners that we will be voting for if we vote for the Young bill. They…”

“Mr. Chairman, these are the contracted security screeners that we will be voting for if we vote for the Young bill. They will be hired by those private contractors. Let me read this from a woman I respect very much, a strong conservative. She says, 'There are some who argue our security can be assured by tightening standards and providing some more Federal oversight.' That is the Young bill. This strong woman conservative goes on to say, 'We have tried that approach to aviation security many times and it failed horrifically. Why should we set the qualifications, do the training, do the testing, and then ask someone else to do the hiring?' That is the Young bill. The Federal Government must assume the job of providing security or we have admitted that we are satisfied with the status quo, and thousands of souls will have died for nothing. Mr. Chairman, this is not a liberal, this is a woman Senator who is a close friend of President Bush. But do Members know what, this is not about friendship, this is about a duty to the citizens of our country.”