Political Quotes

“This legislation reflects the input of Members of Congress, of the flying public, and stakeholders to the tune of over 2,000 unique submissions that we processed, that we put together. Ultimately, it yields a bill that is in excess of 840 pages. This legislation is the result of hundreds of meetings and dozens of hearings dating back years. Most importantly, Mr. Chairman, this legislation passed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee with unanimous bipartisan support. This legislation takes important steps in ensuring that we have continuity and consistency within the FAA. It makes fundamental organizational changes, taking a 1970s organization and updating it for today. It establishes a deputy administrator for safety and operations, and an assistant administrator for rulemaking and regulatory improvement. It establishes an Office of Innovation, an FAA ombudsman, and many other important changes in the organizational structure of this antiquated and slow-moving agency. Mr. Chairman, this legislation is focused on the passenger experience. You can imagine these families traveling and going to satellite parking lots, taking shuttles to airports, trying to check in bags, trying to go through security, dealing with concessionaires at the airport, getting on the airplane, and on the back side, effectively doing it all over again at your destination airport.…”