Jay Inslee: “This should not be a theoretical or a rhetorical argument. We had an experiment with private enterprise in the airlines…”

“This should not be a theoretical or a rhetorical argument. We had an experiment with private enterprise in the airlines making decisions about airline security. We had our experiment. It ended unsuccessfully on September 11, and there really should not be a debate here. We have had our test, and it failed. The Federal Government needs to now mandate safety, and I will tell my colleagues some good news. I think we can get a 100 percent inspection a lot quicker than I think one of our fellows indicated. I will tell my colleagues why. We have already been talking to some of the manufacturers, and they can ramp up dramatically their production rate above what we have had when we put out a Federal contract to buy these machines, give them a guarantee. We produced what, I do not know, 5,000 P51s in a year and a half in World War II. That is the same type of mobilization we need now. We need to mobilize the industrial resources in this country to build these machines and other things. I am very confident we can do it.”