I am really proud, working with my friend, Mr. Cohen, and others, in delivering the FAA reauthorization bill.

opening statement

As has been well documented, the United States continues to face substantial workforce shortages for pilots and aviation maintenance technicians in the immediate and long term.

But to have it--have an agenda-driven Green New Deal, anti-American, anti-American-energy, anti-American-petrochemical agenda shoved down our throat by an Administration that claims it is doing so on behalf of protecting the world's…

Too late. It has already happened.

I am so excited about the future of your industry and just look forward to see what the future holds.

Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Cohen, and members of the Subcommittee on Aviation: The Regional Airline Association (RAA) thanks the U.S. House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Aviation for holding the hearing…

The FAA is approximately 3,000 controllers short right now.

We cannot rest on the laurels of having this FAA bill that was signed into law.

No, I don't. And I think like Sen. Patty Murray, who's been in the Senate for over 30 years, and the fact that she's came out and said this speaks volumes as opposed to what people say in front of a camera. So I still think I'll stand by…

The country wants a change and I think the Democratic Party from 1932 to 2022 is the greatest political party in Western democracy.

I think people want to vote Democratic. They want to vote a change. They're asking for a simple thing. Let's give them change.

Madam President, I happen to know you are from Mississippi, and so as I speak about flood insurance, I suspect there are people in Mississippi whom you know or, perhaps, are related to who can relate to that which I describe. I am speaking…

Continued rail operation through these ports is critical for both our local economy and the Nation at large.

I represent an area that is sometimes referred to as cancer alley, a distinction that we don't like.

There is absolutely no safe threshold to diesel, which is why we need to transition to zero-emission operations.

While I support trade and commerce, it cannot continue to be at the expense of the health of our communities.

Every day in this Chamber, as Members of Congress, Republicans and Democrats do the hard work of the House and the people that we represent. We rely heavily on the great staff, people that have dedicated themselves to service, to help us…