Not as a result of actions of this Administration. So, don't take credit for the previous administration's actions.

There's no question that we're at a crossroads in civil aviation.

We are well aware there are projections that make it crystal clear that we have got challenges ahead of us.

This hearing is focused on exploring how the upcoming Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill could address these workforce shortages--an absolutely critical issue.

What I mean by that is the challenges we've seen in recent years--dramatic drops and unexpected surges in consumer demands for airline travel, constraints for our air traffic control system--will become common practice.

I have not been shy about looking at this Administration's energy policy and finding that it is absolutely incomprehensible.

A 50 percent increase in global energy demand in oil and gas specifically.

This means that disruptions, lack of capacity, higher prices, delays, and cancellations will continue if we're unable to get ahead of the projected demand for air travel.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association's (AOPA) perspective on 'Examining the Current and Future Challenges Facing the Aerospace Workforce.'

I respectfully urge you to include the text of H.R. 2558 in the 2023 FAA Reauthorization bill.

Let me again clarify. The ranking member's comments, while clearly concerning, do not apply to this amendment. Mr. Chairman, let me read from the amendment. ``The Administrator is authorized,'' it doesn't say, ``they shall.'' It says, ``is…

Thankfully, the amendment described by the ranking member is not the amendment that we are offering today. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Carl), a member of the Natural Resources Committee.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: SEC. 30003. FEDERAL GENERAL PERMITS. Section 402(a) of the Federal Water…

This amendment has a very simple objective. All it is designed to do is provide certainty. They have discharge permits that are granted often to ports, to vessels large and small and different operators that are required to discharge…

We need to maintain that leadership position by continuing to be innovative.

We thank Chairman Graves (R-LA) and Ranking Member Larsen (D-WA) for their leadership on this legislation.

I want to thank the vice chair of the committee, Congressman Yakym, for taking over the hearing.

I am not sure if any of you have been in the rotunda of the Capitol, but up in the rotunda of the Capitol they have a painting called the Frieze of American History that goes all the way around, 360 degrees.

This isn't a research project; this isn't 'The Jetsons.' These capabilities are here today.

I want to thank the witnesses, and I want to apologize to each of you for being out of pocket here for a little while.

We want a safe, reliable, and repeatably produced aircraft, right?

What we need to do is, we need to maintain that leadership position by continuing to be innovative.

The permitting process right now is slightly convoluted-- actually, it is more than slightly convoluted.

If you look right on the western end, or the western side, they actually have the Wright brothers' plane up there depicted because of its transformative role in United States history.

How would you feel if you prepared yourself for a marathon over months and months of training, working out really hard, and you get in that race, and you are at mile 26, and all of a sudden, the course just ends?