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This is a violation of international law?

It is unfair. It is discriminatory. It singles out a great American industry for discriminatory treatment.

I believe that ETS is completely separate from the user fees that countries might apply on passengers.

Many other countries, including Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and Russia have voiced their opposition to the EU scheme.

Senator Thune's bill directs the Secretary to hold the airlines harmless, but doesn't give a path forward for how to do that.

We urge Congress to explore every available option to support the administration's action to exclude U.S. airlines from this harmful and misguided scheme.

It has been 6 months since you and Secretary Clinton sent a letter to the EU urging them to cease and desist on ETS.

I would like to see us pass this bipartisan legislation that addresses the EU's unilateral imposition of ETS in order to protect the U.S. aviation industry.

Any system that includes international and other non-EU airspace must be addressed through the International Civil Aviation Organization, or ICAO.

It is time to intensify and expand our government's response, protect all U.S. aviation operators and their employees.

Unfair and arbitrary.

Earlier today I was on this House floor commemorating the 70th anniversary of Ellsworth Air Force Base, which is in my great State of South Dakota. Our bomber fleet, the average age is 40 years old. Old dogs can learn new tricks, and our…

Social Security is the single largest category of the Federal budget, and the Social Security trustees recently released their annual report on the financial status of the program.

That means that, without reform, Social Security is going to exhaust its trust fund reserves by the year 2033.

Stopping the reforms, I think, would be counterproductive, inconsistent with fiscal responsibility, and unfair to unserved Americans who would benefit from us moving forward, including in South Dakota.

There are places in the country where that's not true.

The technology is remarkable. The innovation is amazing, and, you know, we here in Congress are just trying to keep up with what's going on out there.

Our beef exports have been subject to unwarranted restrictions in some of these important Asian markets, notably China and Japan.