James Oberstar: “I just want to make a clarification for the record about the process that was followed. While certainly our side was not…”

“I just want to make a clarification for the record about the process that was followed. While certainly our side was not in on the takeoff, we certainly have been in on the flight and on the landing on the development of the aviation security portion of this legislation. We have had splendid cooperation from the Republican side; our chairman, the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Shuster], in fact sort of delegated me to participate in all of these discussions. The gentleman from California [Mr. Cox] has been marvelously cooperative where I raise questions from my background in work that I have done in aviation security over many years. They were most accommodating, responsive. Senator Hutchison from the other body has been very cooperative. we have crafted a good piece of legislation here on a bipartisan basis, and I just want to make that clear for the record.”