Steve Lynch

Safety has and always will be the priority when viewing any transportation industry.

I know the Secretary of Transportation, the Honorable Pete Buttigieg, shares these views.

Failing to end the use of leaded avgas sends the message that the health and safety of these communities is not a priority.

The airport has been the source of numerous noise complaints from local residents and has been the subject of numerous safety concerns.

It cannot be left to individual airports to transition away from leaded avgas--there must be a nationwide mandate as soon as possible.

I would also like to take this opportunity to advocate for inclusion of language in the upcoming FAA Reauthorization that would assist with the closure of RHV.

I have Cities like Brockton, Massachusetts, we have a great mayor there, who is doing a wonderful job, and they are really going in the right direction.

There was a concentration of risk on the part of Silicon Valley Bank.

I find great fault with the reckless management on the part of Silicon Valley Bank in that they concentrated so much risk.

The speed at which this happened was a matter of hours.

We need help. We need to resolve this.

Can I get your commitment?

While the vast majority of high-net-worth investors and depositors at Silicon Valley Bank have been held harmless, they have been rescued.

ordered an influenced campaign in 2016 aimed at the Presidential election

It's clear to me that Russia's use of social media to interfere in the 2016 election created abundant reason for social media platforms to be concerned.

The FBI was quite careful and quite consistent to request review of the accounts, but not to cross the line into advocating for Twitter to take any particular action.

aggressive, multifaceted effort to influence the U.S. Presidential election.

I am worried about a lot of these stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies.

That is an existential threat to our election and to our democracy.

This bill is born out of concern for national security, a national security that is built upon the cornerstones of freedom.

Absent a robust national security exception, H.R. 140 will significantly deter Federal employees from taking actions within their official duties to work with social media platforms and other relevant private sector entities to address the…

If it is just going to be a series of wild goose chases and political vendettas, count me out.

I respectfully urge the Committee to reject H.R. 140, and I yield back.

This commonsense amendment would simply add a national and full--excuse me--an express and full spectrum national security exception to the general prohibition on Federal employee activity included in H.R. 140.

Part of our Federal law enforcement's duty is to not only protect the homeland from foreign adversaries, but also to protect our elections.