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PUBLICLY THANK HIM FOR ALL OF
HIS SUPPORT IN SOMETHING THAT
JUST HAPPENED JUST A FEW MINUTES
AGO AND THAT IS OUR PASSAGE OF
THE PILOTS' BILL OF RIGHTS.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ON
BOTH SIDES.
CERTAINLY SENATOR BEGICH HAS
BEEN WORKING HARD, SENATOR PRYOR
AND SENATOR MANCHIN, AS WELL AS
MANY ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.
BUT IT IS A REALITY NOW AND IT'S
SOMETHING -- I LOOK AT THIS AS
KIND OF A STRANGE DAY FOR ME
ANYWAY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING
ON TWO BILLS FOR A YEAR AND A
HALF.
BOTH WILL BECOME A REALITY ON
THE SAME DAY.
ONE, OF COURSE, THE HIGHWAY
BILL.
THE OTHER, EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT,
THE PILOTS' BILL OF RIGHTS THAT
ONLY THE PILOTS KNOW ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU STOP AND
THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN -- AND
I'VE BEEN A PILOT FOR 55 YEARS
AND I GET ALL THE CALLS AND THE
COMPLAINTS THAT COME IN.
BUT WHEN YOU STOP AND THINK THAT
THE PILOTS ARE REALLY THE ONLY
ONES IN OUR SOCIETY THAT ARE
DENIED ACCESS TO JUSTICE LIKE
EVERY OTHER CITIZEN IS, AND THIS
CORRECTS THAT.
AND SO I WOULD SAY -- I JUST
WANT TO SAY TO MY FRIEND THAT I
APPRECIATE VERY MUCH HIS SUPPORT
IN -- IN MAKING THIS A REALITY.
MR. MANCHIN: MR. PRESIDENT, IF I
MAY SAY, THE LEADERSHIP OF MY
GOOD FRIEND FROM OKLAHOMA AND
HIS UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND IN
BASICALLY BRINGING THIS TO ALL
OF OUR ATTENTIONS -- I'VE BEEN A
PILOT FOR NOT QUITE 55 YEARS BUT
45 YEARS.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I
UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY.
BUT SENATOR INHOFE BROUGHT IT
TO -- I THINK TO ATTENTION TO
ALL OF US, AND EVEN THE
NONPILOTS IN OUR GROUPS AND
RANKS HERE.
HIS STEADFAST LEADERSHIP AND
SUPPORT OF THIS AND ALSO HIS
ABILITY TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE
WITH THOSE ON OUR SIDE OF THE
AISLE, THE DEMOCRATS, I
APPRECIATE SO MUCH THAT.
AND HIS LEARSHIP, I KNOW
SENATOR BOXER FEELS VERY, VERY
COMPELLED ABOUT THIS AND YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN WORKING WITH HER
ON THE TRANSPORTATION BILL, BOTH
OF YOU BRINGING THAT TO THE
FOREFRONT FOR ALL OF US.
AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO BENEFIT
BY THAT.
I THANK YOU, SIR, AND CONTINUE
TO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU.
MR. INHOFE: I APPRECIATE MY
FRIEND VERY MUCH.
LET ME, MR. PRESIDENT, JUST MAKE
A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
I'LL BE MORE DETAILED LATER.
BUT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO WANT TO BE GETTING ON
THE FLOOR, TALKING ABOUT THE
BILL THAT WILL BE MOST LIKELY
PASSED TODAY IN BOTH THE HOUSE
AND THE SENATE.
AND THAT IS THE -- THE PROBLEM
THAT IS -- THAT WAS THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT AWAFER
THE FACT THAT -- AWARE OF THE
FACT THAT A GENERAL AVIATION
PILOT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME
ACCESS TO REMEDIES AS OTHERS, AS
EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.
AND -- AND WHAT MAKES THIS A
LITTLE BIT MORE COMPELLING TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IS THAT IF