Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise in agreement with this amendment. It is a commonsense compromise. I rise in support of it, and I thank the gentleman for his hard work on this amendment. This amendment would simply increase the average number of flight departures from Reagan National Airport from 400 average per day to 407 flights departing per day, not anything more than that. For those who oppose this, the only reasons why airlines are opposing this is that they want to limit competition, and they want ticket prices to remain the highest in the Nation for flying in and out of Washington, D.C. When we allow more flights into Washington, D.C., and out of Washington, D.C., we allow more families to come in from west of the Mississippi to visit the Nation's Capital. We enable more people to come in and work and be more efficient. Mr. Chair, I ask my colleagues to support this amendment.”