Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3539 is a good bipartisan bill except for one horrible extraneous provision which was beyond the scope of the conference. We should be passing a conference report today in order to fund airport improvement program grants, reform the FAA, address the security needs of our aviation system, restructure the Washington Airport Authority, and deal with the ways that pilot records are shared, accident victim families are treated, and children are allowed to fly. But I cannot ask my colleagues to vote for this bill because the Republican leadership has chosen to sabotage this important legislation with a big favor for the Federal Express Corp. In case my colleagues have not heard, the history of this controversial so-called Fed Ex provision is as follows: There has never been a hearing on it, not in a subcommittee in the House, not in a full committee of the House, not in a subcommittee of the Senate, not in a full committee of the Senate.”