Political Quotes

“I thank my friend. Mr. President, a few minutes ago I talked about two amendments I had in the FAA bill. One was what I would call the Good Samaritan amendment. We have talked about this for years. Senator Leahy and I have come to an agreement. I would like to have it go further and offer liability protection beyond just the pilots who might be offering their services, as my friend from Iowa and I have done many times at our own expense because no one else would do it. I would say to the occupier of the chair, it wasn't that many years ago there was a horrible hurricane that wiped out an island called Dominica, north of Caracas, Venezuela. I remember putting together 10 airplanes, general aviation airplanes, and we took doctors and nurses and generators and goods down there and food and water because nobody else would do it. This type of thing is going on all the time, and I think they should be afforded some protection from the liability laws. But I do realistically know with this compromise, we can get it passed and this would offer individuals protection. The other amendment I have is quite different. It has to do with something called subpart S of FAR in the regulations, part 121. The Department of Defense--in the movement of many of the troops and individuals--relies on supplemental carriers. We are talking about nonscheduled carriers or charter airlines, and these are people or airlines that are nonscheduled.…”