Ed Markey: “in this recommitment motion, you will get a chance, on the majority side, to vote on whether or not you want to screen…”

“in this recommitment motion, you will get a chance, on the majority side, to vote on whether or not you want to screen cargo that is on passenger planes. We take off our shoes. Americans take off their shoes, families putting their children on flights to head on vacation or go to school. They all take off their shoes. But underneath, in the cargo bay of those passenger planes, almost none of the cargo which sits right next to those bags is screened. If something is this size, 16 ounces, no paperwork. Nothing. If it is the same size as the bag your children and you have, it does not get screened. It is going on right next to your bags. And so what our amendment says is, you got a warning. The cargo on this plane has not been screened for explosives. That is the Republican bill. The Democratic substitute says that 100 percent of all baggage, all cargo as well, on passenger planes is screened. If you care about your families, if you care about implementing one of the key recommendations in the 9/11 report, then vote for the Democratic recommittal motion. This is the only chance you are going to have to vote on this issue. Vote ``yes'' on the recommittal motion.”