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Evan Bayh: My colleague pointed out that I pride myself as being fiscally responsible. I view her amendment in that spirit. We are…

On the recordApril 3, 2003
My colleague pointed out that I pride myself as being fiscally responsible. I view her amendment in that spirit. We are in the process of appropriating, I believe, $3 billion for the civil aviation industry in this supplemental. Previously, following the 9/11 attacks, there were other billions of dollars. If that industry is going to recover and be viable economically again, it is going to have to be in part because people feel safe getting on planes and traveling across the country. So the Senator's efforts to secure the traveling public are very much in the spirit of stabilizing an industry and, in fact, being fiscally responsible so that further efforts to provide largess from the Federal Treasury won't be necessary.
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Evan Bayh

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Discussing funding for the civil aviation industry in the context of post-9/11 recovery efforts.

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