Political Quotes

“Again, these arguments go to further what we talked about earlier. This bill is not about a pay increase for our frontline workers. This isn't a bill about protecting the traveling public. This is a bill about unionizing an entire Federal agency. My friends across the aisle say that TSA already has the authority to do what Representative Cammack's amendment sets forth. What is the harm in putting that in the body of the legislation itself? Should it not be clear to everyone who reads the legislation that collective bargaining should not hold up improvement to security? Should that not be made clear? Should we not set forth that they already have that? What harm does it do in setting that forth again? Again, we all want to see that our TSA frontline workers get the pay raise that they need and deserve. What we oppose on the Republican side is the complete unionization of this Federal agency. I will tell you that this is a critical amendment to our national security. Historically, we look back, and when Congress stood up TSA in the wake of 9/11, they deliberately provided flexibility to the agency to deal with the evolving threats to our transportation system. It is imperative that the TSA Administrator maintain that authority to make immediate changes to screening procedures when addressing national security threats.…”