On the recordJuly 26, 2002
in 1961, President Kennedy sat right there and said America is a country that can do the moon. Now we have people around here saying America is a country that cannot even check baggage. Why would Members want to take a bill called the homeland security bill and change it into the home air insecurity bill. Members are darn right that there are some challenges in getting this done, but it does not help that this administration has demonstrated rank incompetence for months and months doing nothing on this issue. It took them 7 months to order the first machine after September 11. I will not allow or vote for this administration's rank ineptness to endanger my flying public for the next year. If you cannot get this job done, turn the administration over to us and we will do it because we know if you want some horses to go, you put the spurs to them and this administration needs it.
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