Political Quotes

“But we do not build an airport to create economic development and cause job creation, we build an airport because we need additional capacity. Obviously, no one believes, other than a small group of people, that we need additional capacity in the Chicagoland area at the present time. Not one single carrier, passenger or freight, has been willing to go into a third airport located within the area of the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Jackson). We all know that the carriers are the ones who really wind up footing the largest portion of the bill to create a new airport. The gentleman talks about the misuse of the PFC. I believe this statement is totally and completely untrue. The PFC has been utilized for what it is supposed to be utilized for. Some areas of the country have tried to utilize it for other purposes. In this new AIR-21 bill, we have tightened what the PFC can be utilized for. In my own community around Midway Airport and around O'Hare Airport, it has been used extensively for noise reduction in homes, in churches, in schools.”