Garret Graves

Closed primaries, they said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.

Closed primaries, they said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.

Madam Speaker, today and every day the brave men and women of the United States Coast Guard carry out a critical mission: securing our borders, patrolling our waters, and saving American lives. As vice chair of the Coast Guard and Maritime…

In closing, naming the House Press Gallery after Frederick Douglass is going to honor his commitment to the free press, his legacy, and his work reporting on the official business of Congress. I urge support of House Resolution 137, and I…

I want to publicly thank Representative Hoyle for her work on the bill. It is a great bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Ezell).

I don't have any more speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

The reason that we purchased Alaska was largely the geography, as well as the natural resources, and the abundance of that State is profound and just critically important.

Congresswoman Peltola has been a big advocate and supporter in educating the committee and following in the footsteps of Congressman Don Young in advocating for that State.

All of these groups are supporting this bill and urging a ``no'' vote on the other bill, H.R. 5342.

The Federal Government used to just throw billions and billions of dollars in the aftermath of a disaster and didn't pay appropriate attention, in my opinion, on the front end of what we can do to actually avert disasters.

I think that is fair, and I think they deserve it.

I am concerned if we don't provide better certainty for those innovators, for those entrepreneurs, we are going to see those folks take their resources and go overseas.

I would argue that when laws put a timeline in place, then what an agency should do is calibrate their answer to the time that is available.

It is difficult for me to sit here and understand how it takes 4 years to implement.

No one expected it was going to take 4-plus years to implement the law.

It is no secret--and we talk about it in almost every aviation hearing--that the United States has the gold standard of aviation.

I want to begin by thanking Administrator Whitaker for being here, and I want to thank you and your team for all of your efforts to keep the subcommittee, to keep the committee apprised of everything going on regarding Boeing's corrective…

But that can't happen again. Regardless of the challenges facing FAA and Boeing, the FAA must be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.

This latest Boeing challenge comes as your agency is tasked with not only implementing a historic, thousand-page FAA Reauthorization bill--a mandate that is without a doubt time-consuming and staff intensive--but also the 2020 Aircraft…

We are here today because it is no secret that America's gold standard in aviation safety is under the microscope, and the FAA's role in conducting safety oversight is paramount.

I want to begin by thanking you, Administrator Whitaker, for joining us today to update the Subcommittee on Boeing's corrective action plan in the wake of the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 incident.

So, another question--and I am not a math whiz, but as I recall, there was an assessment that was done by, I believe, GSA--that found that 17 of 24 Federal buildings in the Washington, DC, area had occupancy rates of lower than 25 percent…

I appreciate the work that the GAO has done to help identify some of these concerns to the Congress.

The rough order of magnitude of savings that you noted seems like it would be more than worth it.