Cardiss Collins: “Mr. Chairman, the gentleman just mentioned that the airline industry has lost a great deal of money. That is certainly…”

This is not the bill we had last year. This is a totally different bill than the bill we had last year. This is a new bill, as the gentleman very well knows. It just seems to me we cannot compare those two at this point in time.

It just seems to me there is nothing more important than the national security of the people who have to live in this country, and who will fly on these airplanes and make their living through going on airplanes, vacationing. I would just…

I must say how wonderful it has been to serve in this body since June 7, 1973. I have met so many wonderful people, all of you, in fact; and those here before, many of us got to know so very, very well. It has been a great experience. I…

I would hope that now that Members have heard the balance of this debate that they would conclude that this amendment just makes good sense, and I would say that I would urge them not to protect the special interests and vote for the…