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Representatives Markey,
Shays, Maloney Push for 100% Cargo Screening and Launch New
Passenger Notification Program On Unscreened Cargo
WASHINGTON, DC - Representatives
Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Christopher Shays (R-CT), senior
members of the House Committee on Homeland Security and Representative
Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Co-chair of the 9/11 Caucus, will
be joined by members of the Association of Flight Attendants
(AFA), the Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (CAPA)
and family members of 9/11 victims to announce their new campaign
to notify passengers of the dangers of unscreened cargo traveling
on passenger flights. The Representatives are working to create
a notification system to inform passengers that the cargo
packed in the cargo hold of their planes may not have been
screened for explosives or other dangerous materials.
Markey and Shays will offer an amendment to the Department
of Homeland Security’s authorization bill to close the
dangerous cargo security loophole that permits almost all
of the cargo transported on passenger planes to be loaded
onboard without being inspected for explosives or other dangerous
materials.
WHAT: Press conference on cargo screening
notification and inspections
WHO: U.S. Representative Ed Markey (D-MA)
U.S. Representative Christopher Shays (R-CT)
U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
Association of Flight Attendants
Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations
Mary Fetchet (tentative), Founding Director, Voices of September
11
(Mother of Brad Fetchet, 24)
WHEN: Tuesday, May 17, 2005
9:30 AM
WHERE: Cannon House Office Building
Terrace (Corner of Independence Ave., SE and New
Jersey Ave., SE)
*** The press conference rain location is Longworth House
Office Building 1116 A**
Contact: Sarah Moore,
202/225-5541
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