Political Quotes

“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, learned in midair he had a revolver in his briefcase which sensibly or I guess presumably ran through the security checkpoint. At O'Hare Airport yesterday and certainly at JFK not long ago where the entire concourse was closed, all of this underscores the urgent need for increased security measures. My colleague, the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), whom I have great respect for, has indicated he cannot in any way sign on to a federalization or what the Senate 100 to zero, all Republicans and all Democrats, supported. He simply cannot support that legislation. Let me remind all of my colleagues that federalization is nothing more than a word for uniformity here: uniformity in training, standards and equipment. I do not suggest that my colleagues on the other side are driven by anything other than a desire to fix airport security installations, but how asinine and revolting to hear my friends and colleagues in this Chamber suggest that someone on this side, including the 49 Republicans in the Senate, are motivated by nothing more than an effort to increase political revenue and political support.”