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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 107 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 107 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 147 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2001 No. 139 House of Representatives The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was southern border with Mexico in our Na- the trucks that cross those borders, called to order by the Speaker pro tem- tion. These areas are dying economi- and we have to do it more thoroughly pore (Mr. KIRK). cally and need our assistance now. than we ever did before. But let us in- f In the wake of the events of Sep- crease the resources to do it and not tember 11, this country has embarked try to do it with fewer resources. DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO upon unprecedented procedures to in- For example, at the biggest border TEMPORE crease our domestic security, and those crossing in the world between 2 nations The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- procedures are proper. We must have a in my district of San Ysidro, Cali- fore the House the following commu- new sense of preparedness; we must fornia, where between 50,000 and 100,000 nication from the Speaker: have a new sense of being on guard in people cross per day, the wait at the border because of the new security WASHINGTON, DC, this dangerous time of the 21st cen- October 16, 2001. tury. checks has gone from a half-hour to 4 I hereby appoint the Honorable MARK STE- But as we increase our security ef- hours, to 5 hours, to 7 hours, 8 hours or VEN KIRK to act as Speaker pro tempore on forts, we have not taken the steps to more. In fact, nobody knows how long this day. address the effects on our economy and the wait will be as they start off for J. DENNIS HASTERT, on our quality of lives as we take those jobs legally, for education legally, for Speaker of the House of Representatives. steps. Yes, we must be prepared and, cross-border cultural activities legally. f yes, we have to take these security Nobody knows how long it is going to take to cross that border, whether we MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE measures and, yes, we are going to have inconveniences that we have are talking about San Ysidro and Otay A message from the Senate by Mr. never experienced before, but let us Mesa and Tecate and Calexico, Cali- Monahan, one of its clerks, announced think these out thoroughly and take fornia; and Nogales, Naco and Douglas, that the Senate has passed a bill of the the steps to increase our resources, if Arizona; and Brownsville, Harlingen, San Benito, McAllen, Pharr, Edinburg, following title in which the concur- necessary, to make up for the problems Roma, Zapata, Rio Grande City, and El rence of the House is requested: caused by the increased security. Paso, Texas. These areas depend eco- S. 1447. An act to improve aviation secu- We have grounded, for example, much nomically on cross border traffic, cross rity, and for other purposes. of general aviation around this coun- border legal traffic. Legal traffic. Peo- try, causing incredible hardships on f ple who have the proper documents to one sector of our economy. We can MORNING HOUR DEBATES work and shop in our Nation. think that through and change that So businesses all along the border are The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- situation. We bailed out the airlines, suffering losses from 50 to 80 to 90 per- ant to the order of the House of Janu- but all of the businesses and the econ- cent of their income. They are addi- ary 3, 2001, the Chair will now recog- omy related to airline flight, whether tional victims of September 11 and no- nize Members from lists submitted by travel agencies or rental cars or hotels, body seems to be worrying about them. the majority and minority leaders for and all the people associated with Yes, increase the border security. As- morning hour debates. The Chair will staffing those areas have been laid off, sure all Americans that no terrorists alternate recognition between the par- those businesses are in trouble, and are crossing. But let us increase the re- ties, with each party limited to not to yet, this Congress has taken no steps sources. exceed 30 minutes, and each Member, to help them. I have been told by the Director of except the majority leader, the minor- In an area where I know best because the INS in San Diego that if she had 20 ity leader, or the minority whip, lim- I represent the border district in San more inspectors per shift, that is 100 ited to not to exceed 5 minutes. Diego, California, which borders with more positions in San Diego, which The Chair recognizes the gentleman Mexico, towns and cities all along the would cost roughly $5 million or $6 mil- from California (Mr. FILNER) for 5 min- Mexican border have taken a hit such lion, she can reduce the border wait utes. as no other American community has from 6 hours to 20 minutes and assure f taken because of the security meas- us of the level 1 security that this ures. Yes, we have to protect our country demands and our citizens BORDER STATES EXPERIENCING northern and southern borders from want. We can do the security and we STATE OF ECONOMIC EMERGENCY any infiltration by terrorists and, yes, can keep a reasonable flow across that Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise on we have to inspect all of the pedes- border if we give some resources to the behalf of the towns and cities along the trians and all the vehicles and all of INS and to the Customs Service. b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H6783 . VerDate 11-MAY-2000 03:30 Oct 17, 2001 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16OC7.000 pfrm04 PsN: H16PT1 H6784 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 16, 2001 I have asked the Governor of Cali- pre-board screening and other security vate sector provides the remaining 85–90 per- fornia, and my colleagues have asked functions. cent of security personnel. the Governors of their border States, Furthermore, in Europe, following a Amsterdam: 2,000 private; 200–250 law en- to declare a state of emergency to spate of terrorism, events that oc- forcement. Brussels: 700 private; 40 law enforcement. bring attention to this economic dis- curred in the 1970s and the 1980s, the Paris-Charles DeGaulle: 500–600 private; 100 aster area. We have asked the Presi- aviation system exchanged their pre- police. dent of the United States to declare a viously nationalized workforce to a pri- Paris-Orly: 350–400 private; 50 police. national state of emergency. Let us get vate sector approach and workforce. In Lyons: 150 private; 30 police. help now to the border communities. these European airports these pri- Nice: 150–250 private, 20–30 police. We can have security and economic ac- vately contracted screeners are highly Frankfurt: 350 private; 500 federal, with tivity at the same time. trained, paid, and retained. We can plans to increase private participation. glean advice from these precedents: Geneva: 250 contract, 250 government. f Stockholm: 200 private; 40 law enforce- London Heathrow and Gatwick, Bel- PRIVATE-PUBLIC CONTROL OF ment. fast, Rome, Athens, and Paris, and the AVIATION WORKFORCE WORKS Norway Oslo; 150 private; 20 law enforce- aforementioned Tel Aviv. BEST ment. Now, I know Federal employees can Helsinki: 150 contract; 20 law enforcement. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under do the job. I have great respect for Berlin: 450 private; 60 law enforcement. the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- them. In fact, I am one myself. My fa- London Heathrow: 3,000 private contrac- uary 3, 2001, the gentleman from Flor- ther was an employee of the Federal tors for screening; hundreds doing guard and ida (Mr. STEARNS) is recognized during Government for 35 years. The case, Mr. perimeter security for the private British Airports authority; and 20 federal law en- morning hour debates for 5 minutes. Speaker, is not against government Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, it seems forcement. employees, but for the private-public London Gatwick: 1,500 private contractors that one of the continuing objections arrangement. It is a better model from doing screening; hundreds doing guard and to the upcoming legislation that is all of the experience of other airports, perimeter security for private British air- dealing with aviation security is the and we should learn from them. ports Authority; and 11 federal law enforce- whole question of the federalization of The solution also comes from the ment. the employee workforce at the airport. Transportation Secretary, Norman Mi- Sincerely, I rise today in opposition to total air- neta’s aviation workforce proposal, JOHN L. MICA, Chairman, Subcommittee on Aviation. port workforce federalization, and I am which would combine the best of both here to convince my colleagues of the the private and public sector worlds. It f same. Mr. Speaker, in general, foreign would institute Federal Government governments provide an average of 10 BIPARTISANSHIP IN DANGER OF control and oversight, while retaining SHATTERING to 15 percent of security personnel, the flexibility and accountability in- while the private sector provides the herent in the private sector.
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