I strongly support Ranking Member Adam Smith's proposal for an independent national commission on military aviation safety.

Thank you very much. And, Mr. Chairman, I want to say thank you. This has been a very informative hearing.

There is no room in our current aviation readiness status to suffer personnel or material losses that should be avoidable.

I understand that 1-day safety standdowns were ordered after the recent mishaps so that the service could review its safety measures and curb a drastic rise in aviation mishaps.

What takes so long to implement a rule? We are talking about 2011 and 2016.

You would expect, once a law is passed, signed into law, that it gets implemented very, very quickly.

I just hope it doesn't take another big blowup like what happened in Edison for you to move on some of these regulations, because it is going to be catastrophic.

You can't pay a tenth or, you know, a fifth and then expect that you are either going to be able to recruit people in or retain them.

It is a pretty important question.

Six-hundred-thousand dollars.

We were out a medical center director for two years, had a series of interim directors.

Care delayed became care denied. It led to really tragic outcomes.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Texas, the vice chairman of the Energy Subcommittee, who has just been a real leader on energy issues across the country and around the globe. Mr. Speaker, I just want to talk about the shale…

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Dr. Burgess, the chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, for his fine leadership on this issue, along with our colleagues, Mr. Mullin and my friend from Oregon and colleague, Mr. Blumenauer, who put a lot of…

Mr. Chair, I want to thank my colleague Mimi Walters and those who have worked so closely with her on this really, really important legislation. That is why I am here to support it, H.R. 5797, the IMD CARE Act. This is really commonsense…

Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, though I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of the Rush amendment to H.R. 5797, the IMD CARE Act. Earlier today, I spoke in support of the underlying bill. It will make a meaningful change to…

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone), the ranking Democrat on the committee.