Political Quotes

“I want to add my voice of strong support to this legislation. There is no question what we have seen in the aviation industry, these near misses, these runway incursions, and safety issues all across the aviation system. As both Ranking Member Larsen and Chairman Graves noted, the House did its business. We came together on a bipartisan basis and passed legislation in July by a vote of 351-69. That legislation addresses everything from general aviation, a topic that I know our chairman cares much about and knows a lot about, to topics like new entrants and new aviation technologies. It focuses on safety, and it ensures, Madam Speaker, that this entire legislation focuses ultimately on the passenger experience, making sure that air travelers from all across the United States have a great experience with new technology whenever they enter the airports and whenever they enter the airplanes. None of those benefits are going to be realized unless and until we pass a long-term authorization bill. This is the last temporary extension we are going to do. This is a clean extension until May 10. If we don't do this, it will cause the Federal Government to incur debt, because we won't be able to collect the user fees that go along with aviation travel. It is absolutely critical that this clean, bipartisan extension be enacted.…”