The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, a Representative in Congress From the State of Texas:
We owe it to our constituents not just to hear their frustrations, but act upon them.
I urge this committee to authorize new funding to support HBCU and HSIs that offer scholarships.
I ask that you include language that would release the Banning Municipal Airport from its Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) obligations.
The Trump-Taliban agreement severely constrained the Biden administration's options.
I think we would do better if we find a way to work together.
Let me thank the Chair and the Ranking Member for their courtesy.
If a challenge to reducing noise is rooted in deconflicting airspace, then we must hire more air traffic controllers.
The opportunities to, say, become a pilot, are cost prohibitive.
It breaks my heart. I have been there. I saw Kabul, I saw the women, I saw life.
I strongly believe this essential military usage--that doesn't exist at most commercial airports--should enable the Youngstown-Warren airpor...
Last year, I joined with my colleagues in the Quiet Skies Caucus in calling on the FAA to establish an advisory committee of 30 citizens.
The most straightforward way to address this funding gap is to raise the Passenger Facility Charge and index it to inflation.
This debt ceiling debate and debacle is more having to do with the dollar than anything else.
President Trump continued to express frustration with the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan.
the president of Afghan did not show himself well in that moment.
the withdrawal commitment was not conditioned on Taliban reducing violence.
I am a defender and not an offender. I am not an aggressor, I am a defender.
