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Ed Markey: I introduced a bill that forbids any changes to the prohibited items that would permit passengers to carry small knives…

On the recordSeptember 27, 2017
I introduced a bill that forbids any changes to the prohibited items that would permit passengers to carry small knives through screening checkpoints.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey discusses his bill to maintain the ban on knives in airline cabins.

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