Political Quotes

“To the managers of this important legislation, to Judge Carter and to Mr. Price, thank you for working on what is an enormously important message and mission of our Nation, and that is to secure America. I'm grateful to have the opportunity to work with the authorizers, Chairman McCaul and Ranking Member Thompson, and to work with the ranking member and chairperson of the Subcommittee on Transportation Security, Mr. Hudson and Mr. Richmond. Having just flown in from a memorial, and as Members often do, and as we interact with our constituents, we know a lot about flying. So it is very important that this amendment be taken as it has been offered. I congratulate my cosponsors--Mr. Grimm, Mr. Markey, Mr. Reed, Mr. Swalwell and Mr. Cook--all of whom we have worked together with. For it is interesting that this has come to a point where today we can thank Administrator Pistole for his thoughtfulness in this process and the deliberations that took place, that the announcement comes that he too understands that allowing knives on planes is not the right decision. But in addition to the important statement of knives, we now know that other accessories, such as baseball bats and billiard cues and ski poles and hockey sticks and la crosse sticks, among others, and golf clubs, likewise have been included in his statement. This amendment deals with knives.…”