I saw Senator Barbara Boxer on television this morning talking about the Airport Security Bill that has been working its way through Congress. She described two key issues that have been holding things up. Issues that I personally hope she and other members of Congress keep fighting for:
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“To make sure that those screeners at the airport are really professionals,” and not unqualified people hired quickly and trained poorly in haste.
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To have extended unemployment benefits for the displaced airline workers. “Since we’ve helped the airlines keep flying, we feel that we should help the airlines people that have been laid off.”
Boxer is worried that if this issue isn’t dealt with now, it may never be dealt with. That would be bad for the thousands of Americans that have been laid off as a result of this tragedy.
“We can’t get agreement to do it,” Boxer said. “Sometimes you have to stand up and fight for people that maybe don’t have the same voice as the airline executives.”
She also noted that, presently, the biggest problem is the Fillibustering going on that’s getting in the way of even taking a vote.