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Jay Inslee: “But more importantly, what this has done is we have been looking for a way on a bipartisan basis, and I see no reason…”

On the recordNovember 28, 2001
But more importantly, what this has done is we have been looking for a way on a bipartisan basis, and I see no reason for ill will on this issue at all, I really think the parties are together on this, to assure that we give the administration enough resources to do this baggage screening that we all want done, and we are all on the same page on that. What we found is there is another probable $250 million that will be available from the stream of revenue through the ticket surcharges that were set forth in the airline security bill. This money will not come out of the airport trust funds. This money will be funded 100 percent by the surcharge on the tickets.
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Jay Inslee
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Discussing funding for baggage screening in relation to airline security.

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