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“this amendment I also offer with the bipartisan leadership of the subcommittee, Chairman Shelby and Senator Lautenberg. Again, I express my thanks to both of them. As you could tell from Senator Lautenberg's excellent statement, he has strong views on this matter. They go back a long time. One of the areas I most admire about Senator Lautenberg has been his extraordinary work on tobacco control. The fact of the matter is, Senator Lautenberg for years led that effort to make air flights healthier in our country. That is just one of the many contributions he has made in public service. We thank him for it. This amendment as well is supported by the chairman of the subcommittee, Chairman Shelby, and the ranking minority member, Senator Lautenberg. As I have sought to do with respect to overbooking, again this amendment would ensure there were teeth behind this so-called pledge by the airlines to make information about the lowest possible fare available to the consumer. Finding the lowest air fare in America is now one of the great mysteries of Western life.”