Lincoln Diaz-Balart: “One has to frankly respect and admire Mr. Dold's knowledge and passion in these amendments that he is doing. I am…”

“One has to frankly respect and admire Mr. Dold's knowledge and passion in these amendments that he is doing. I am sensitive to that, and I look forward to working with him. I know that he will make sure that we work with him on these issues that he brings up and that he is very passionate about, which I think are very important. Respectfully, I have to oppose this amendment. This amendment would result in deep reductions to the FAA's operations account and would result in breaches of contract for air traffic control information technology systems. In addition, it would result in staff layoffs, which would again compromise safety. I look forward to continuing to work with the gentleman. He brings up, obviously, some very important points; but again, respectfully, I must object to this amendment at this time. Madam Chair, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price), the ranking member of the subcommittee.”