Bart Gordon said "This is a silly story, and I think it's been unfair to the Speaker. What happened in the wake of September 11 is that the Department of Defense, in order to protect the Speaker, began offering aircraft to the Speaker of the House of Representatives; did it with Representative Hastert, doing so with Speaker Pelosi. We think it's important that the Speaker of the House enjoy the same kind of security that we arranged for Speaker Hastert in the wake of September 11. And, like I said, there has been a lot of overhype in reporting this story." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 8, 2007

This is a silly story, and I think it's been unfair to the Speaker. What happened in the wake of September 11 is that the Department of Defense, in order to protect the Speaker, began offering aircraft to the Speaker of the House of Representatives; did it with Representative Hastert, doing so with Speaker Pelosi. We think it's important that the Speaker of the House enjoy the same kind of security that we arranged for Speaker Hastert in the wake of September 11. And, like I said, there has been a lot of overhype in reporting this story.

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Bart Gordon

Democratic · Tennessee

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing security measures for the Speaker of the House after September 11.

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