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Fearful that fewer air marshals might travel on cross-country flights into San Francisco, Senator Boxer told reporter Edward Epstein of the [[San Francisco Chronicle]] that she had offered to send the TSA a list of hotels near San Francisco International Airport where air marshals could book rooms for well under $100 a night.  In a discussion with Senator Schumer, DHS Assistant Secretary of Border & Transportation Asa Hutchinson also admitted the plan to remove air marshals from nonstop, long distance flights was an error:

Fearful that fewer air marshals might travel on cross-country flights into San Francisco, Senator Boxer told reporter Edward Epstein of the [[San Francisco Chronicle]] that she had offered to send the TSA a list of hotels near San Francisco International Airport where air marshals could book rooms for well under $100 a night.  In a discussion with Senator Schumer, DHS Assistant Secretary of Border & Transportation Asa Hutchinson also admitted the plan to remove air marshals from nonstop, long distance flights was an error:

{{cquote|<blockquote>'[DHS Assistant Secretary Hutchinson] said it was a mistake,' said Schumer.<ref>{{cite news | title= Air marshal cutbacks denied | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/07/31/MN251331.DTL&type=printable | date=2003-07-31 | work=[http://www.sfgate.com/ San Francisco Chronicle] | accessdate=2009-01-10 | first=Edward | last=Epstein}}</ref></blockquote>}}

{{cquote|<blockquote>'[DHS Assistant Secretary Hutchinson] said it was a mistake,' said Schumer.<ref>{{cite news | title= Air marshal cutbacks denied | url=https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/07/31/MN251331.DTL&type=printable | date=2003-07-31 | work=[https://www.sfgate.com/ San Francisco Chronicle] | accessdate=2009-01-10 | first=Edward | last=Epstein}}</ref></blockquote>}}

U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts told the Wall Street Journal that President Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy caused the TSA to consider implementing the plan:

U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts told the Wall Street Journal that President Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy caused the TSA to consider implementing the plan:

:Mr. Calvert:

:Mr. Calvert:

::"Madam Speaker, I rise today to discuss the'' [Orange County Register] ''article titled 'Did Fired OC Air Marshal Endanger Flying Public, or Protect It?'"<ref>{{cite web | title= Did O.C. air marshal endanger public, or protect it? | url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/maclean-69628-air-federal.html | date=2009-05-15 | work=[http://www.ocregister.com/ Orange County Register ] | accessdate=2009-05-30}}</ref>'' The article was posted online on May 8, 2009 and I believe my colleagues in Congress will benefit from the article and the topic of whistleblower protection.''<ref>{{cite web | title= Congressional Record: "Did Fired OC Air Marshal Endanger Flying Public, or Protect It?" | url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2009-07-10/pdf/CREC-2009-07-10-pt1-PgE1721.pdf | date=2009-07-10 | work=[http://www.gpo.gov/ ''U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Record''] | accessdate=2010-09-25}}</ref></blockquote>}}

::"Madam Speaker, I rise today to discuss the'' [Orange County Register] ''article titled 'Did Fired OC Air Marshal Endanger Flying Public, or Protect It?'"<ref>{{cite web | title= Did O.C. air marshal endanger public, or protect it? | url=https://www.ocregister.com/articles/maclean-69628-air-federal.html | date=2009-05-15 | work=[https://www.ocregister.com/ Orange County Register ] | accessdate=2009-05-30}}</ref>'' The article was posted online on May 8, 2009 and I believe my colleagues in Congress will benefit from the article and the topic of whistleblower protection.''<ref>{{cite web | title= Congressional Record: "Did Fired OC Air Marshal Endanger Flying Public, or Protect It?" | url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2009-07-10/pdf/CREC-2009-07-10-pt1-PgE1721.pdf | date=2009-07-10 | work=[http://www.gpo.gov/ ''U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Record''] | accessdate=2010-09-25}}</ref></blockquote>}}