Maurice Hinchey: “I am afraid that this Congress is becoming less and less relevant to the important concerns of people all across our…”

“I am afraid that this Congress is becoming less and less relevant to the important concerns of people all across our country. Last month, a record number of Americans lost their jobs. Yet a program to stimulate the national economy is still hanging fire here while people try to profiteer by providing huge tax cuts for the wealthy while providing no help for people who are out of work. The same thing is true with airline security. We have a bill that has been in conference now for weeks. It is more than 2 months since the disaster struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Yet we have no program to provide security for the Americans who are traveling by air across our country and internationally. It is time this Congress got to work and produced airline security and a proper economic stimulation bill. These are the things that are of most concern to the American people.”