Peter Roskam: “I know I speak on behalf of the Ranking Member as well--your willingness to come and share your experience.”

The gentleman from Michigan asked the rhetorical question: Why are we here? I will tell you one reason why we are here. One reason why we are here is I have an independent recollection of being in my car on Michigan Avenue in Chicago…

We have to sell American to billions of customers outside America.

Briefly, the Roskam amendment does the following: It recognizes that my constituency, and I think a lot of others, want the benefits of living near a large international airport but not as much of the burden. Here is the backstory about…

I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding. You know, I think it is so interesting. We are all coming together, various States, to celebrate these accomplishments and to take a step back: how far we have come in the past year or the…