Jay Inslee: “First off, we are not a monolithic group on our side of the aisle, so I will not address the concern of any other…”

“First off, we are not a monolithic group on our side of the aisle, so I will not address the concern of any other Members. Members must understand that this will be funded through a stream of revenue that has been set up, and there is a $2.50 charge. I want to make sure that Members understand that I think there is a bipartisan desire to get this job done. I compliment the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), although I disagree with his assertion of my demagoguery on his work in increasing the appropriation in the airline security bill to have a 100 percent baggage screening requirement. That is the right thing to do. We have now a fund for making sure that gets done, and I thank the gentleman for accepting this amendment.”