Political Quotes

“my district in Massachusetts has been very hard hit by the events of September 11. Twenty-eight families in my district have been devastated, with 28 victims who were on flights, a vast majority of them, on American and United Airlines. As I met with families who have been devastated, overwhelmingly they say to me, if you do nothing else, please make airports and airplanes in this country safe. If you do nothing else. Overwhelmingly they say to me, federalize security at the airports. They say to me, we noticed the other body voted 100 to nothing to federalize airport security. Why can the House of Representatives not do the same? I do not have an answer for those families. Apparently, there is somebody on the other side of the aisle that does not want to federalize security at airports. On behalf of the families who have been devastated in my district, I urge the leadership of this House to bring that airport security bill down to the floor of the House of Representatives that passed 100 to nothing in the other body. Let us get it done this week.”