It is difficult for me to sit here and understand how it takes 4 years to implement.

No one expected it was going to take 4-plus years to implement the law.

I want to begin by thanking you, Administrator Whitaker, for joining us today to update the Subcommittee on Boeing's corrective action plan in the wake of the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 incident.

I would argue that when laws put a timeline in place, then what an agency should do is calibrate their answer to the time that is available.

This latest Boeing challenge comes as your agency is tasked with not only implementing a historic, thousand-page FAA Reauthorization bill--a mandate that is without a doubt time-consuming and staff intensive--but also the 2020 Aircraft…

It is no secret--and we talk about it in almost every aviation hearing--that the United States has the gold standard of aviation.

I think that is fair, and I think they deserve it.

We are here today because it is no secret that America's gold standard in aviation safety is under the microscope, and the FAA's role in conducting safety oversight is paramount.

When passengers board a plane, they place their trust in us to ensure their safety from takeoff to landing.

Well of course, if we have a free, fair and safe election, were going to follow the Constitution absolutely. Yes, absolutely.

The message is clear: Safety cannot be rushed.

We need a firm commitment to empower regulatory bodies like the FAA with the resources and authority to hold companies accountable.

Every minute I think about who's going to win is a minute I'm not thinking of how we can win.

I think it is and I think that she has wide opening because Trump is saying you've got nothing to lose. Everything is terrible. I don't think -- I think people do have something to lose.

I was unavoidably detained today during roll call votes on the Motion to Recommit and passage, H.R. 5717, No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act; H.J. Res. 136, Tailpipe Emissions Rule CRA; and H.R. 9106, Enhanced Presidential Security Act of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of my constituents in western North Carolina to highlight the dire situation at our southern border and to advocate for the enforcement of our Nation's immigration…

I have come here periodically to speak about issues with the National Flood Insurance Program. I will today, but first I am going to talk about resiliency, environmental resiliency in particular. I am going to talk about acts of heroism; I…

I don't know where to begin. I have 5 minutes. I could use 500. The American people are watching. They recognize that our Nation suffers under the burden of a threatened government shutdown and the very real threat of millions of illegals…