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Republican Stan Lambert represents Taylor, Jones, and Nolan counties in the Texas statehouse. He is running for reelection for a fourth term, and facing challenge from Democrat Linda Goolsbee. State Representative Stan Lambert discusses his bid for reelection and some key issues facing state lawmakers.
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Understanding -- i'm not a lawyer, but it's my understanding federal law trumps state law. how can you make this work? >> well, the issue is not about federal law versus state law. the federal law, the mandate by which the tsa can actually do these searches comes from a ninth district court ruling that says they can search for weapons, they can search for explosives, okay? and we're not saying that's a bad idea. we think that's a good idea. but at the point where they actually go and insert their hands into someone's bra or into someone's pants where they couldn't be hiding a weapon is really ...
Passed the administrative search procedure, and we need to make sure ha that's a crime because -- that that's a crime because if they did it on a date, they'd get arrested. jon: representative manus, have you received complaints from some of your constituents about this, or is this more about your own personal irritation? >> well, no, this isn't a personal irritation. there's actually a woman staying with my constituent who is also a new hampshire resident who happened to go through the manchester airport, and for absolutely no reason she was taken into the back room and given a body cavity se...