Speaking on behalf of the mayor of City of Chicago, we will take that money.

As you know, there is a little provision in there that says they have to be in a state of good repair to be eligible for this.

I get it. But there are some things, and I think you just pointed to one of them, where the secretaries can act unilaterally and change some of this that is creating a hardship.

Many of them are concerned about is the Department looking or considering consolidating HOPWA into the Homeless Assistance program?

I am actually not inclined to call them fees unless there is a nexus between the use and what the money collected then goes for. Otherwise, I call it a tax.

The president's budget allows airports like O'Hare to raise their passenger facility charges up to $8.00...

We are not in the busy summer travel season yet either.

I have a hard time believing that Atlanta, Chicago, and several other hubs impact on the entire system is, even with connectivity, is a lot bigger, no matter how you slice this, than several of these very small regional airports.

I think you might want to pick volume versus smaller volume.

A downturn in the economy at the same time as cuts in budgeting for courts is a potent and dangerous combination.

I feel at this point since I am so new to this committee and the subcommittee, that anything I could add at this moment would pale in comparison to the ranking member's thoughts