Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement today on aviation security and the recent terrorist attempt on Flight 253. Here’s the full text: “Any terrorist attempt on our citizens is extremely serious and must be examined very closely. As former Chairman and longstanding member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, I know that our enemies are sophisticated, they are motivated, and they are extremely active. We can never let our guard down in our fight to eliminate the threat they pose to our security.
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