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On the recordNovember 6, 2001
I would simply like to go back once again to the O'Hare situation, though, so everyone realizes that the system is broken and the system has to be repaired as quickly as possible. Of the eight screeners who were suspended last Saturday by the FBI, three of them have criminal background records and one of them is a gang member. We cannot continue to allow people like this to handle the screening at our airports.
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Dan Lipinski
Democratic · Illinois

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Addressing aviation security issues during a discussion on a security bill.

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