On the recordNovember 28, 2001
Yes, they have done it, on the cheap, Kmart style. The fact is that this bill contains $250 million less for cockpit security than the President recommended. It contains that lower amount of money because it added to the President's request for sky marshals. I agree that was a higher priority, but in my view both of them should be funded. You ask any citizen in America, Do you want those cockpit doors secured by a temporary device or do you want them secured in a way that will hold against the most professional attacks, and you know what the answer is going to be. They do not want us to be temporizing and they do not want us to be patient. They want us to be impatient, they want us to be aggressive, and they want us to act now.
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