If we are going to keep pace with our adversaries like China, and others; that means our investments have to keep pace too.

I think it is important that Congress steps up to ensure that airports have the resources that they need to continue their mission.

I am here today because I represent a region that is especially vulnerable to natural disasters.

I'm pleased to be introducing a bill called the Resilient Airports Act alongside my colleague, Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon.

I am introducing a bill called the Resilient Airports Act, alongside my colleague and your fellow committee member, Earl Blumenauer of Oregon.

It is so important that we return to regular order and work to pass our funding bills in a timely, bipartisan way.

Ensuring the resiliency of this airport and others guarantees the resiliency of our communities.

We need to make sure we are doing the same if we want to stay ahead of our adversaries.

Ensuring the resiliency of this airport in turn guarantees the resiliency of this community.

I am eager to partner with this committee to find ways to consolidate, standardize, and streamline grant application efforts.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on and share my priorities for the upcoming Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization package.

As you craft this legislation, we have a unique opportunity to support and accelerate decarbonization efforts across the aviation industry.

I thank you for extending the opportunity to members of Congress to provide input on policy priorities for the reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration.

I want to make sure that it keeps at the top of its list, the need to continue to help ensure the federal government live up to its longstanding policy of ensuring that businesses that have been historically discriminated against have the…

No business--small, DBE, or otherwise--can remain viable if it does not get paid in a timely fashion for the satisfactory work it has done.

Unless we pay attention here, I am afraid that many qualified minority and women owned businesses will continue to be denied a fair opportunity to compete for work.

I believe a fundamental problem with our current response to aviation noise and emissions at the federal level is that it is almost entirely led by the FAA.

Residents living in aviation-impacted communities cannot wait any longer for relief from the public-health consequences of exposure to high concentrations of pollutants and high levels of aviation noise.