J. Exon: “a very important matter has come up that I hope the Senate and the House of Representatives will address itself to.…”

“a very important matter has come up that I hope the Senate and the House of Representatives will address itself to. Under the leadership of our great Secretary of Transportation, Secretary Pena, we should be alerted to the fact that we have a ticking time bomb going on with regard to airline safety. The Secretary of Transportation has taken the recommendation of a previously structured national commission to ensure competitiveness in the airline industry that this Senator was a part of, to change and challenge the competition, increase safety, and modernize our traffic control system in the United States. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of my remarks there be printed in the Record for the information of all, a report to the President and Congress of August 1993 entitled 'Change, Challenge, and Competition,' by the National Commission to Ensure a Strong and Competitive Airline Industry; and two articles of the last 2 days, yesterday and this morning, Tuesday, from the Washington Post, by two excellent writers, with regard to the Federal administration's case, supported by the Secretary of Transportation with regard to the need to do something and to plan to do something now before the present situation becomes chaotic.”