It's going to create another bureaucracy within FAA, and the reality is we already have a system that general aviation supports.

It's critical that we have the right ability.

I want to make it very clear that we are hopeful that there are no moves by EPA or FAA to phaseout avgas until there is truly an appropriate and economical drop-in substitute fuel.

I honestly think that is--it's creating another system that doesn't need to be created.

Absolutely. We are the international hub for FedEx and UPS.

We do have a growing problem and that is drug trafficking that is starting to occur through Postal Service product moving through.

The FAA completely understands the importance of having reasonable alternatives before any effort is made to phaseout avgas.

Anything west of the Mississippi that is going international is coming through Anchorage.

I would like to thank my colleagues for coming to the floor and especially thank Senator Whitehouse for organizing all of us to come here to speak on an issue that is really the core of what we do here: to figure out how to build…

As Senator Tester has introduced the bill, we think it is an important bill, obviously from Alaska's perspective.

Why do we not just consolidate all those labor and training programs for veterans and just put them under veterans programs?

I know that my entire chain of command believes in one thing and one thing only and that is what is best for the veteran.

All the comments that Senator Kerry said are important.

I appreciate those comments.

They need to get this discussion moving, and we'll see where it takes us.

Which means more people traveling, less emissions. That's good from both ends, the industry standpoint, but also from the health of our environment.

They need to get the discussion going.

we're all for reducing emissions, but let's make it a global, fair system.

I think your advocacy on NextGen and I know the industry's advocacy on NextGen--and several of us on here fought hard to make sure that that was speeded up.

I do. I think on this one they're probably going to need other resources, other smart people.

It just seems unfair, it's unilateral.

I do. I think they have the capacity, at least to begin the discussion.

Thank you very much, Madam Chairman.

We want more of those companies.

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