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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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 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…

Madam President, 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…

I would contend that is an insurrection by one person, by one person.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that William McCarthy, an intern in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of today's session of the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I thank the chair for the opportunity to speak. As we come together for Suicide Prevention Month, I am deeply aware that this heartbreaking crisis is hitting the Black community hard. The CDC reported that in 2023, the suicide rate among…

Mr. President, when President Biden and Vice President Harris took office, we had the lowest rate of illegal immigration in nearly 50 years. But instead of maintaining strong border policies inherited from President Trump, the Biden-Harris…

The Biden-Harris Administration's border crisis.