You do realize that virtually nobody here believes that, but that is OK.

Look, Madam Secretary, that is fine. We all know it is the airlines who are going to run it.

If you give away somebody's property, it is still taking their property away.

I appeal the ruling of the chair. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House? Motion to Table Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, and the order of the House of today, this 15-minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by 5-minute…

The privileges of the House as defined in rule IX, clause 1 are ``those affecting the rights of the House collectively, its safety, dignity, and the integrity of its proceedings.'' We all know what has been going on for the last couple of…

Yes, Mr. Speaker, I would like to do so. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized on the question of order.

If I took your house, and gave it away to one of the airlines, that wouldn't be fair, would it?

We are kind of sick of it, as the consuming Americans.

the airline industry needs to focus on getting its own house in order, instead of extending its reach to control our skies.

Your apology is a beginning, and the policies seem reasonable.

We have a problem that shouldn't be as bad and unpleasant as it is.

Today Ranking Member Larsen and I are requesting a GAO study of what more Congress and the DOT can do to remedy what has gone wrong with the airline system.

Representative Larsen and I have introduced H.R. 1420, the Know Before you Fly Act, 2 months ago.

A problem with the flying experience is, across the board, we all know it is a terrible experience.

My constituents do not have that choice.

We can see the stairs. No one will tell us what is happening.

I am opposed to that for a number of reasons, primarily because of how it is going to leave customers kind of in the lurch.

If the market were functioning well, this could never have happened, Mr. Munoz, never have happened.

We need simple language disclosure and transparency in these contracts of carriage.

We will hold you accountable, and we expect real results.

The flying experience is like everything else in life. The truth is, my flying experience is reasonable 90 percent of the time.

There will come a day when Congress won't accept it any more on behalf of the American people.

You have forgotten that.

There are so many bad things in this bill that the truth is there is part of me that doesn't even think we should bother talking about it, because there is no way this bill can be fixed enough to make it worth discussing.