Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise at this time to reluctantly support the Hostettler amendment No. 9. I have said repeatedly I was opposed to all amendments that would be offered to this piece of legislation. But fortunately amendment No. 9 is an amendment which I do not believe breaks the delicate balance that we have achieved in this bipartisan piece of legislation. So I am reluctantly willing to support it. I would like to go on to say, though, that the ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), mentioned that if the DeFazio amendment were to pass that he would reluctantly have to be opposed to the bill, and I would want to say that I would have to be also. The gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mica), the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), the ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), and myself and our staff, particularly the staff, have worked enormously hard on putting this bill together. All of us in this body are interested in improving security and safety in our skies. But until we really get into a piece of legislation, we will not understand what ramifications it can have.”