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Pete Sessions: I thank all the gentlemen and ladies who are here on the floor tonight talking about the Wright amendment, that we are…

On the recordSeptember 29, 2006
I thank all the gentlemen and ladies who are here on the floor tonight talking about the Wright amendment, that we are going to pass this amendment tonight. But to answer the gentleman's question from Michigan, the reason why this is a pro-consumer bill is that effective immediately, when the President signs this, every single person that takes off from Love Field will be able to ticket through wherever they want to go. Today, they have to ticket through to an adjacent State that is close to them, they have to get off the airplane, they have to get their bags, and they have to reticket through. This is a pro-consumer bill. This is the right thing to do. We have come together as a delegation. I am asking for all the Members of the United States Congress to please support the bipartisan attempt between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, between the airlines to do something favorable for consumers tonight. Our majority leader, John Boehner, was aware of this issue. It has been a continuing, simmering, boiling issue for the Texas delegation. We have asked that it be brought here. I am asking for everybody's vote. Vote tonight 'aye.'
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the Wright amendment and its pro-consumer implications during a floor speech.

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