Jay Inslee: “On December 7, 1941, our country experimented with parking our airplanes wingtip to wingtip. The experiment failed. On…”

“On December 7, 1941, our country experimented with parking our airplanes wingtip to wingtip. The experiment failed. On September 11, 2001, our Nation experimented with the concept of private contractors under government supervision providing security. That experiment failed. We must now end the experiment of private security under government supervision. That experiment failed. We tonight have been acting as if this was a theoretical discussion. We have had our experiment. The reason the experiment failed is every single time the FAA has tried to clamp down on this poor Swiss cheese process, the lobbyists have come up here and stopped us from requiring certified employees. I am pleased that we have finally prevailed, the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays), the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Strickland), and myself, to make sure all checked baggage is screened for explosives. But we need more than good machines. We need good people. Let us put them in there and pass Ganske-Oberstar.”