This bill is really important. The Water Resources Development Act authorizes all the activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Speaker, something that is really key here is that under this chairman we have been able to keep this…

Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 479. Stated against:

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.

I thank Chairman Smith for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I listened to this debate and heard so many things that are simply misunderstandings or maybe just intentionally telling things that aren't true. When I was growing up, my mom used…

This bill has been amazing. I will say it again. At one point it has been the most cosponsored bill in Congress, 330 cosponsors. This bill has a majority of the majority. There is one Social Security fix bill that has a majority of the…

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.

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.

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

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…

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…

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Hurricane Francine preparation, response, and recovery efforts require my presence in south Louisiana, causing me to miss the vote series today. Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 416 and YEA on Roll Call No. 417…

Had I been present, I would have voted AYE on Roll Call No. 363. Stated against:

I thank the gentleman from Tennessee for yielding me time. This legislation funds the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It funds efforts like resiliency in my home State of Louisiana. It funds hurricane protection. It funds flood control. It…

In this environment where Congress is sitting here fighting over everything, I take just a minute to reflect on this legislation. Every 2 years under Chairman Graves' leadership, we have seen this bill come up. This is a critical bill. It…

I do think that we need to be thinking about a remedy there, because there needs to be a performance--if people aren't performing, they shouldn't be paid.

$6 billion over 10 if we--and again, ballpark, I am not going to hold you to it, but just a ballpark range.