John Garamendi: “I'm going to fly home hopefully later this weekend, and it is surely important to me that the FAA continues to do what…”

“I'm going to fly home hopefully later this weekend, and it is surely important to me that the FAA continues to do what it must do to keep the air safe. And I want to commend the minority as well as the Chair for this extension. But beyond the extension, there is another extremely important element in this bill, and that is straightening out the funding for transportation. Mr. Oberstar worked a miracle and actually managed to give California less of more, which took a while for me to understand. But the reality is that by being able to work out a compromise with the Senate, we are going to be able to move the transportation programs forward. It's a great example of what can be done with some good leadership working both sides of the aisle. I want to commend the bill to all of us and move this thing along so that we can fly home safely when we get the health care bill done and go home and tell our constituents about a good highway transportation program that's been put together.”