Gerald Ford: “I think we have made a lot of headway but the job isn't done.”

that is a little unfair. I do not think anyone objected to flags being flown and so forth. You make a good point on some of the other things, but that is a little unfair on the flag.

I hope that as this vote proceeds, Mr. Chairman, I will say to my friends on the other side of the aisle that some of us who are struggling with this, please refrain in your press statements and releases from referring to anybody on this…

the picture is clear: our airlines and airports simply lack the capacity and funding to fulfill this vital police function. We have heard it from all of our colleagues at Louis Armstrong Airport where a man boarded a plane with a gun…

I was the sole person who had to make that decision. But, when you look back at the alternatives that I had, it was the right decision. And I have no question that it was the right thing to do then. And I'm more certain today.