Mike Quigley: “Just for reference, the last statement made--this is the first administration in my lifetime that has passed a…”

“Just for reference, the last statement made--this is the first administration in my lifetime that has passed a comprehensive infrastructure bill of this magnitude. To suggest that it is going the opposite direction while supporting a bill that guts much of that effort belies comprehension. I sometimes wonder what people will think in the future when they ask us, dad or granddad, what did you do in Congress? The best you can say is I cut a dedicated public servant's salary to a dollar because I disagreed with them. Ms. Trottenberg has an extensive, 25-year-plus public sector career in all levels of government, including stepping up to serve as acting administrator for the FAA to help ensure this country and our global partners could continue to rely on the safety of our national airspace system. We again should not be penalizing public servants who are representing the administration they serve based on policy disagreements. I can't imagine our Founding Fathers thinking this would be a good idea, but it is, I guess, the new normal. It is no reason to support this amendment. I encourage my colleagues to oppose it, and I reserve the balance of my time.”