Political Quotes

“It is all very clear to each and every one of us in the Senate that for reasons which are justifiable--because of security considerations--this airport had to be closed the longest of all. As a consequence, the Airports Authority has an extensive financial package that has been in place for several years. The ability to gain revenue to service that package has been taken away from it. We have a number of small businesses and others associated with conducting, in the physical plant, the airport itself, their business activities; they have suffered just irreparable injury. We all know that. And we all want to help. There are various ways by which this can be done. I am prepared to hear from the distinguished manager, who I believe will be speaking on behalf of the leadership, about how this serious financial situation at this particular airport--mind you, all other airports were able to open shortly afterwards. I am not quarreling at all with the justification for closing it, but this one remained closed, and also it is functioning at somewhere between 15 and 25 percent of flight capacity as of now.”