So, it ends up being a national security and a homeland security issue?

Nearly 10 years ago, this committee first explored the safe integration of new airspace entrants, including uncrewed aircraft systems--or UAS or drones--and advanced air mobility aircraft--or AAM--into the National Airspace System.

It is important that we have a single regulator of that airspace and don't create a patchwork of rules.

We appreciate Chairman Graves (R-LA) and Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA) for their work on the Advanced Aviation Infrastructure Modernization (AAIM) Act.

It seems like that we have certification problems left and right.

Thank you very much. I will try not to take 5 minutes because I get the privilege to blow in here and blow out of here and cut in line.

With safety as the guiding principle, the 2023 FAA reauthorization is an opportunity to support U.S. innovation.

We believe that the FAA can and should ensure a predictable regulatory framework that supports innovation.

Congress enacted my bill, along with Chair Graves, the Advanced Aviation Infrastructure Modernization Act.

this is essential to keeping our nation strong, not to mention competitive.

We also have to stay vigilant against the growing threat of white supremacy and domestic terrorism and the rapidly evolving threat landscape when it comes to cyber-security and our critical infrastructure.

it is not going to be easy, but we have to live up to our responsibility to pass these funding bills in a timely, bipartisan way to keep our families strong, and our economy strong, and our country competitive on the world stage.

Our economy depends on our ability to make sure that countless goods as well as people can move through our ports and borders in a safe, orderly, and timely fashion.

My family relied on food stamps when I was growing up, and my dad lost his job because he got sick.

Our economy depends on our ability to make sure that countless goods as well as people can move through our ports and borders in a safe, orderly, and timely fashion.

My family relied on food stamps when I was growing up, and my dad lost his job because he got sick.

I will keep saying it, it is not going to be easy, but we have to live up to our responsibility to pass these funding bills in a timely, bipartisan way to keep our families strong, and our economy strong, and our country competitive on the…

It would be an enormous mistake, I believe, to make things worse by gutting these agencies working to conserve our vital watersheds.