Susan Collins

That's a very disturbing list of airports, because that suggests a widespread problem and with real money, hundreds of millions of dollars.

I would encourage you to go back and take another really close look at your budget.

I personally believe that had you been able to get a vote on the Senate floor that you would have won overwhelmingly.

So for the small airports, overall, there's an estimated decrease of $121 million from fiscal year 2013.

I, too, think that it holds great potential, and I hope this is something that we will see the administration continue to encourage and fund some of the basic R&D that is necessary.

I look forward to hearing the testimony regarding the status of ongoing initiatives within the agency.

It is so important for this committee and this Congress to return to regular order.

The challenges that the FAA faces throughout the remainder of this fiscal year and into the next fiscal year are truly daunting.

It's important to remember that the $637 million reduction from sequestration must be implemented in a way that ensures safety while minimizing the impact to the traveling public.

We need to hold the FAA accountable for how it spends taxpayer dollars.

I had to have my staff write out for me, and HUD's is even more confusing because you have offsetting receipts, which a lot of agencies and departments don't.

This is very troubling to me.

Do you think it's a good idea in concept?

But guidance isn't rulemaking, and I'm not a fan of agencies putting out guidance, because it means that it doesn't go through a public comment process.

Eventually, FHA should play a more limited role in the mortgage market and help encourage the private sector to reassert its primacy.

There's a great deal of interest in being able to use devices on these flights and a great deal of skepticism.

I agree that sequestration was a terrible policy. It doesn't set priorities.

Which troubles me, because it's going up, not down.

The total number of runway incursions increased 21 percent between fiscal year 2011 and 2012 from 954 to an all-time high of 1,150.

If the FAA moves forward with this plan, it will be very detrimental to airport operations.

The funding level for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, which is proposed at $2.79 billion is truly disappointing.

I am very happy that you are apparently going to be staying on in the second administration, at least for a while, since I have found you to be a real straight-shooter and dedicated to improving housing opportunities for the people of this…

You need to make that easier for us, not harder, just by your views on sequestration.

I am pleased to see the increased funding levels for the Section 202 Housing for the Elderly program.

I believe that the level of $2.79 billion is truly disappointing.