Jay Inslee: “The good news here is that Americans have the expectation that these bags will be screened for explosives. They have the…”

“The good news here is that Americans have the expectation that these bags will be screened for explosives. They have the current expectation. And the good news is we have very good technology to accomplish that. There are several machines, several new generations of technology which have a very, very high probability of finding an explosive device, any explosive material; in fact, it can distinguish the density essentially of explosive material and with a high degree of success they find if there is a bomb in the luggage. The problem is that we do not have enough of those machines deployed in airports today and the ones that are deployed have not even been used fully. They have only been used in a very small percentage of passengers. So we believe it is incumbent on the U.S. Congress to pass a requirement that 100 percent of these bags be screened, and it is also appropriate for the Federal Government to assist the airports in which these will be located with the significant costs of these machines.”