good morning, everyone. i am your congressman. it is great to be back. how is everyone feeling today? are you fired up? is everyone excited that the vice president is here with us today? i want to thank you for joining us on this incredibly important day. how many of you remember, two years ago today, the president signed into law affordable, accessible, health care for all? how many of you remember? [applause] today is about the history that was made that day. it is also very much about our future. if the other guys get their way, we are headed right back to the failed policies of the past. you have heard them. you have for them on the campaign trail. it is all the same. whatever they say about social security, let it go bankrupt. what did they say about the medicare? let it go bankrupt. what do they say about america is a new health-care law? let s eighth go bankrupt. what did they say it to florida seniors, let them go bankrupt, too. do you know what is bankrupt? their i
that required a 10-month extensive lobbying effort with congressional members and staff. and although some in the alpa leadership leaned towards a limited program of 2% public cap and a two-year provision, would certainly have kill the program very early on, an amendment by rep removed those limits and the bill was passed 310-113 in the house of representatives. in the senate, they always wanted a full blown. although, there was opposition there as well from the airline transfer the airline transport association. they sent a letter expressing their concerns against the program in a sign it by 21 airlines ceo s. then tsa administrator testified before congress with the same programs almost identical to the ata better. despite that ,hr5005 was passed overwhelmingly 90-9 with one absent. that established the department of homeland security and inside of it, the army pilots against terrorism act, which mandated the ffdo program. the undersecretary transportation for security sh
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