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Hal Rogers: “I am not characterizing the comment of the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey). All I am saying is do not be…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2003
I am not characterizing the comment of the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey). All I am saying is do not be overly alarmed, for goodness sakes. There is a program in place while we get the machinery to actually x-ray the cargo that goes on passenger planes. We do not have it now, and it is going to take some time to develop, but in the meantime we are doing the next best thing, and that is certifying who it is we are receiving cargo from to put on those planes and directing the Secretary to proceed forthwith at the earliest date possible to secure the machinery to make that happen.
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Hal Rogers
Republican · Kentucky
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Discussing cargo security measures for passenger planes.

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