High levels of pilot training and experience literally make the difference between success and failure, life and death.

The Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) Act passed with overwhelming bipartisan support last Congress.

I come to the floor today with a heavy yet full heart to pay tribute to someone I owe so much to, someone who millions of Americans living with disabilities owe so much to, Judy Heumann. To honor her, I want to start by describing the…

I am optimistic that working together in a bipartisan way, we will craft a proposal that combines the best elements of our respective bipartisan bills.

We just aren't making the kind of progress that we need.

Thank you. I now recognize Mr. Spero.

I am calling on everyone who flies to loudly and forthrightly tell the airline lobbyists that we're on to them and their subterfuge, and we're not having it.

Unfortunately, measured against our goal of strengthening our aviation workforce, the actual grant funding amount of $10 million failed to meet the real-world demand of $121 million.

I find it incredibly frustrating that only 2.6 percent of aviation mechanics in the United States are women.

I have nine requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

They're trying to do what is easier and cheaper for them, not what is best for passengers or crews.

Without properly trained, equipped, and compensated workforce, the safety of the flying public will be put at risk.

We can't lower the standards. We need to raise the standards, but we have to figure out how to build this pipeline more successfully.

Thank you. I now recognize my Ranking Member, Senator Moran.

Chair Duckworth and Ranking Member Moran deserve considerable credit for their dogged support for the program, increasing its visibility, and attempting to grow its impact.

I support Phil Washington because I feel like he is not going to go along with a group think of everything is OK.

We must also ensure that our supply of aviation workers keeps pace with increasing demand, especially for pilots and mechanics.

It appears the proliferation of weapons in America has not brought peace to our streets but just the opposite.