"I do welcome today's hearing to examine how we can work with the Postal Service to facilitate its transition to a modern electric vehicle fleet."
"Thank you for hosting the Aviation Subcommittee hearing on March 17th, 2022, addressing community concerns surrounding aviation noise."
"Letter of April 1, 2022, from Hon. Stephen F. Lynch, a Representative in Congress from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts"
"The FAA has been one of the most unresponsive public agencies that I deal with and that my constituents deal with."
"I have been trying to convince the FAA that we can realign these runways so that we maximize over-the-water landings and over-the-water takeoffs to save the people from the harm that they are experien..."
"I hope the FAA will work cooperatively with Congress and local advocacy groups to continue proactively addressing community concerns regarding aviation noise."
"You have got a lot of work to do in terms of doing real outreach and real listening to the people that we all work for."
"The noise is just unbelievable and extremely unhealthy."
"I find it hard to believe that only 450,000 people across the country have been complaining about aircraft noise."
"You would think, with all of the money that we have collectively in Congress sent to our rail operators, that that inducement would encourage them to be a little bit more kind to our employees."
"I, for one, I am very grateful to our rail workers, especially these last 2 years."