December 2, 2005- Reaction to TSA Decision to Permit Razor-Sharp, Weapon-Usable Objects Back on Passenger Planes
WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee and longstanding advocate for strengthened aviation security, today expressed his opposition to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announcement that items such as metal scissors with pointed tips and a cutting edge of four inches or less will be permitted to be carried aboard passenger planes. TSA had banned such items after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Rep. Markey and Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY) announced their plan to introduce the “Leave All Blades Behind Act” in order to preserve the current ban on dangerous, sharp objects that has kept these items off passenger planes since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
December 1, 2005- Introduction of “Leave All Blades Behind Act" Banning Box Cutters, Knives, and other Dangerous Weapons from Passenger Planes
WASHINGTON,D.C. - Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee and longstanding advocate for strengthened aviation security, and Representative Joseph Crowley, Chief Deputy Whip and leading member of the New York City delegation today announced their plan to introduce the “Leave All Blades Behind Act” in order to preserve the current ban on knives and other sharp objects that has kept these items off passenger planes since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Tomorrow the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is expected to announce its intention to lift this ban, effective later this month.
November 30, 2005- TSA to Relax Rules that Prevent Knives and other Dangerous Objects on Planes
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, today responded to a Washington Post report that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to permit airline passengers to carry scissors and other previously banned sharp objects aboard planes. Such objects were prohibited from carry-on baggage after it was determined that the 9/11 hijackers used box cutters as weapons to help carry out their deadly attacks. On August 18, 2005, Rep. Markey wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff to discourage DHS not to reverse its policy on prohibited carry-on objects such as scissors, small knives and other dangerous objects.
September 22, 2005- Terrorist Attacks In Iraq Increase 9 Fold this Year, Yet the President Asserts "We are Making Progress"
WASHINGTON, D.C. –In a national press conference today President Bush stated that “we are making progress” in the war on terror. But four years after 9/11, there are a record number of terrorist attacks and the markers of success are not necessarily clear.
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