And Congress is a big problem.
So part of the reason we are here is Congress is not ponying up the money, and we are subject to sequestration.
So is A4A willing to have that discussion? I have not been able to get it going so far.
Yes--well, no, sir. But if I point it out, actually the costs you are assuming are $3 billion less than the revenues tha...
Let's step back a moment. As I figure, the airlines and their customers contribute about 94 percent of the current reven...
If it is going to stay with Government, how are we going to fund it?
We have got to pay for that somehow. And if you do not want to have a dramatic increase in landing fees, how are we goin...
AIP should move over and you should fund AIP; that takes away some of our burden.
What I was telling you is the revenues that are going away are larger than the duties that are being assumed.
I think, Mr. Chairman, there are some issues here that we need to discuss.
So just in summary--thanks, Mr. Chairman--we are going to create a new entity that is going to be able to raise in exces...
I think there would be some disagreement in Congress over that.
It is unfathomable to me that Congress would direct NTIA to do that.
members of this Committee, such as Congresswoman Clarke, have recently expressed concern about the field offices' functi...
I, for one, have to confess, I am skeptical.
We haven't updated the Communications Act for decades, and technology has out-evolved its regulatory framework.
I, for one, am skeptical that this is the case.
I think we would be able to chalk up a victory for all of us, and for all our consumers, and for the American economy.
