I want to thank Mr. Graves for yielding to Mr. Graves. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of this legislation, and I want to thank our sponsor on this legislation, Congresswoman Sharice Davids, for working with us on this. Congress is…

This is absolutely, positively the result of actions and inactions of this administration.

I share the Chair's objective of moving in a direction of even lower emissions and clean energy transition.

I want to first just point out, Madam Chair, that I am going to take a guess that every single person that came to Washington this week, that they came here using some form of fossil fuel.

I was the only member on the climate committee available to preside over a hearing during this vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 322. Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress Baird…

This is about making reforms, both administratively and in law. And this is about us holding folks accountable.

Fact Sheet Titled 'FAA Document Confirms It Wasn't The Pilots.'

It is important that we learn from the FAA, we hear from the FAA how all of the steps that occurred with the MAX will never occur again.

It is about ensuring that the FAA, using their administrative authorities, that they step up and make changes to their policies.

Instead, as section 106(t)(3)(A)(vi) clearly states, AAE may only investigate allegations of whistleblower retaliation...

This does not guarantee that we are going to be moving in the right direction, but it does guarantee higher prices for all consumers.

It is important that we take action, but it is important that we take action that is science based, that is evidence based.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank the witnesses for joining us today.

I think everybody in this body wants an infrastructure bill. We all want to see better roads and bridges. We want to see more sustainable, resilient communities. Mr. Speaker, this bill, about half of it actually is money for…

Flight attendants, gate agents, and other airline employees have the right to go to work without the fear of being harassed, intimidated, abused, or assaulted--period.

I am excited and optimistic that some of the data FAA released today showed a significant decline in air rage incidents, and I hope that we can build upon that success.

The behavior we've seen in the media in regard to some of the adverse interactions on airplanes is completely unacceptable.

The FAA is correct for aggressively enforcing the rules and regulations that are applicable to air travel and for holding people accountable for failing to comply.

I'm worried that this hearing may convey to people on the outside that getting on an airplane is a wild and unruly experience.

Is it advisable for us to be dumping more money on top of dollars that have been unspent?

I believe the number of pilots that are women in the United States comprises about 7 percent and for flight engineers it is even lower than that at 4.3 percent.

Reclaiming my time, I couldn't have asked the gentleman to make my point any more than he just did. This bill attempts to force or manipulate markets in a direction that is simply not consistent with the resources, the workforce of…

You can look back at history at highway bills and infrastructure bills, and all of these bills passed this House with strong bipartisan support. Seventy-five, 80 percent, 90 percent of the Members of Congress have supported these bills…

I would like to start a colloquy with the gentleman from Pennsylvania, who made a statement about how our national labs innovated us into this emissions reduction leadership role we play in the United States. I ask the gentleman from…

Recognizing that I have the right to close, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.