Kay Bailey Hutchison: “we are talking about the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Americans, and we are talking about even international…”

“we are talking about the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Americans, and we are talking about even international travel and commerce and goods that are going into international commerce. Mr. President, the effects of this strike are going to be so far reaching that it will have an economic impact on this country that will be quite severe. The pilots union is meeting with the company as we speak. The deadline before a strike is midnight this Friday. We have the opportunity with the resolution that I am introducing to have a sense of the Senate that the President would use all of his persuasive powers to get these parties to sit down, and that the President would be able to use his powers to appoint an emergency board which would automatically keep the contract in place for 30 days and then provide for another 30-day cooling-off period. This will give 60 days to these people to be able to work out their differences.”