I am concerned if we don't provide better certainty for those innovators, for those entrepreneurs, we are going to see those folks take their resources and go overseas.

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

But that can't happen again. Regardless of the challenges facing FAA and Boeing, the FAA must be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.

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.

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…

I want to begin by thanking Administrator Whitaker for being here, and I want to thank you and your team for all of your efforts to keep the subcommittee, to keep the committee apprised of everything going on regarding Boeing's corrective…

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

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

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.

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

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

The message is clear: Safety cannot be rushed.

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 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…

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 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…