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I think that benefits all of us as we try to make good and informed decisions.

If we try to rush a quick fix on the issue of privacy, rather than very thoughtfully and carefully dealing with the issue, we could stifle the very important economic advantage that we have in the United States.

Safety's got to be a top priority.

It seems to me at least that the legislation would at least provide temporary relief from this until such time as you can work through the appropriate forum.

Aviation is an important part of our U.S. economy.

The wisdom of having the gains rate the same as the ordinary income rate, or treating capital gains as ordinary income.

I think that, based on historically the way you have pegged that, as a percentage of GDP, it is about in the right place.

I ask to speak as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Sequestration Transparency Act

I think that's going to be the only way, Madam Chair, that we're going to be able to force what should have happened in the first place to happen, and that is to go to ICAO and get this resolved.

This does appear to an American citizen, an American traveler, as, one, a violation of international law, a violation of American sovereignty, and an illegal tax.

Have you done the same sort of analysis that--with the indulgence of the chair--that Ms. Young was talking about the commercial airlines having done?

I think it's going to be perceived as a tax.

That sort of contradicts, I think, Ms. Young's testimony.

H.R. 2594 and Senator Thune's bill, S. 1956, would each call for us to 'conduct international negotiations' as well as to 'take other actions' to ensure that U.S. aircraft operators are held harmless from the EU ETS.

Should U.S. airlines and U.S. consumers be paying a tax to European coffers on an extraterritorial scheme?

Well, maybe that could--maybe I'm missing something here then, because, to clarify that point, that may be the suggested use or some sort of understanding, but I don't think there's anything that requires or stipulates that any member…

NBAA also supports S. 1956, The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act Of 2011.

Taxing any activity beyond the EU borders is a dangerous precedent and a violation of the sovereignty of nations across the world.