Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the FAA Extension Act 2010, H.R. 4915, which would provide a short-term extension of existing FAA authorization legislation. I want to thank the subcommittee chairman, Mr. Costello, for his outstanding leadership constantly and on this legislation. This legislation, and just picking up where Mr. Mica left off, also includes provisions that would ensure that an equitable distribution is made during the extension of the SAFETEA-LU surface transportation authorization of money designated for the Projects of National and Regional Significance and the National Corridor Infrastructure Improvement programs. These programs established in the 2005 SAFETEA-LU legislation were intended to provide discretionary funds to major projects. However, the SAFETEA-LU conference committee designated the projects to receive funding under the programs. As we have worked to develop a longer-term extension for SAFETEA-LU, the issue of how to apportion the approximately $932 million provided for these programs during the extension period has been of critical concern to our committee. Under provisions developed by the Senate and included in the HIRE Act, this funding would continue to be provided to those few States in which projects were designated by SAFETEA-LU.…”