“a reckless act”
“Allowing a potentially catastrophic security deficiency to remain in place for seven months and counting betrays TSA's mission”
“Such inaction violates Federal law, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance and DHS's own directives”
“a willingness to gamble the American people's security”
“a stunning failure of leadership”
“outrageous, unacceptable and dangerous to the flying public”

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On the recordDecember 13, 2011
You are going to impose very significant cuts on hospitals. For example, the evaluation and management cap is going to impact dramatically hospitals that a number of us represent. It is going to scale up much higher costs for senior citizens who don't think they're high-income. With all due respect, I think it's the wrong approach to serious problems that we face. We ought to deal with them one at a time in a balanced and thoughtful way, reject this Christmas tree, and do it right.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon
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