Posted on 11/16/2010 8:05:13 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner
The Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security will hold a Transportation Security Administration Oversight Hearing next Wednesday.
Please forward this information as widely as possible.
Meeting info:
Jena Longo - Democratic Deputy Communications Director, (202) 224-8374 Nov 17 2010 10:00 AM Russell Senate Office Building - 253
Contact the communications director to find out more information about the meeting.
The committee chair is Sen Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) phone (202) 224-6472. The ranking member is Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison 202-224-5922.
The subcommittee chair is Sen Byron L. Dorgon (D-ND) phone (202) 224-2551. The ranking member is Sen Jim DeMint (R-SC) phone (202) 224-6121.
Regardless of your home state, call the chairpersons to ask whether recent TSA abuses are on the agenda for the oversight hearing. Ask to speak with the staffer responsible for dealing with issues related to the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
Here is a list of committee members, their homepage and phone number. If one of these people is your Senator, please also phone them, either at the number below or look online to find their nearest local office - you can even visit in person. A constituent who knows a senator's committee assignments and addresses issues for the agenda for a scheduled hearing gives him/herself an educated and powerful voice.
If none of these people is your senator, contact the committee chairs. Also contact your own senators and representative . They still need to hear your opinion, it's just that they won't be at this hearing.
(Excerpt) Read more at flyertalk.com ...
“Next Wednesday” would be the day before Thanksgiving when the big “Opt Out” protest at crowded airports is scheduled. That ought to be a fine day for this hearing.
Never mind...I see the hearing is tomorrow, Nov. 17. I should have known no Congress critter will be working next week before the holiday.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces the following full committee hearing on Transportation Security Administration oversight.
Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid or service, including closed captioning service for webcast hearings, should contact Collenne Wider at 202-224-5511 at least three business days in advance of the hearing date.
I guarantee that within 24 hours you would see all the devices disappear around the country.
bump
I mean.... it's for their own safety!
And it would have the added benefit of having the full support of Barney Frank! This could be a bipartisan measure!
LOL!
I plan to call and ask whether Moslems can be singled out for special scrutiny, as to date, all aircraft terrorists have been Moslems.
I called my senator who is on the committee this morning. The guy on the phone sounded cheerful when he answered...not so much by the time I was done.
Wouldn’t it be easier for everyone if muslimes flew on their own planes? (suicide airlines LOL) No more mingling with Christians for them. No one would have to be scanned/patted down which is useless anyway.
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