Political Quotes

“this evening I rise to offer an amendment with my distinguished colleague, Senator DeWine. This amendment is intended to assist law enforcement in doing a better job of protecting our citizens and the public safety. The background of this amendment goes back to 1994. Congress made what I think was an error when it passed Public Law 103-411. Under this law, aircraft belonging to law enforcement agencies are considered to be ``commercial'' if costs incurred from flying missions to support neighboring jurisdictions are reimbursed. Unfortunately, this law has placed unnecessary restrictions and costly burdens on Government agencies which operate public aircraft, particularly law enforcement agencies. The law restricts those agencies from using their aircraft resources in assistance of Government agencies and severely limits their ability to recover costs from those agencies which they are assisting. This law even limits the ability of neighboring jurisdictions to enter into mutual aid agreements.”