Chip Cravaack

I think one of the most valuable inputs that you have are pilots, you know, and air traffic controllers need to voluntarily submit suggestions without any fear of retribution

I must reemphasize in some of the conversation we have had here today, it is particularly troubling to me actually, that these hearings have persistently asserted that it is a violent Islamic extremist ideology promoted by al-Qaeda and…

How easy would it be for this terrorist organization to infiltrate our homeland through our ports?

I am concerned that we need to protect American jobs at Great Lakes, and provide the Coast Guard the resources needed to fulfill its responsibilities among the emerging maritime threats.

I am very concerned with the President's budget and spreading Americans' sea services too thin, and preventing them from being able to engage the various threats out there that they face on a daily basis.

This issue is vital to the continued health and vitality of our fellow citizens and economy, and needs to be addressed immediately.

What kind of message do you think it sends to pilots who are willing to join this program on their own dime, take personal vacation days off of work, pay for their own lodging to train for the privilege and the honor of protecting their…

I will tell you, ma'am, speaking from the position that I have flown as a pilot and also as a Federal Flight Deck Officer, you may think that the flight deck door is the last line of defense, but it is that armed pilot in the cockpit that…

I also fully believe a $15 Federal Flight Deck Officer as a last line of defense on an aircraft is absolutely essential.

In closing, I would like to thank the gentlelady from California for her refocusing of the debate on who deserves this the most--our troops. With that, I would urge all of my colleagues to support this. This is a very big amendment for our…

I have no further requests for time, and I continue to reserve the balance of my time to close.

We have a $3.5 trillion budget and $1.6 trillion of that is borrowed money.

This is not a Republican issue, it is not a Democrat issue, it is an American issue.

I would like to thank my colleague from California for her support on this very important bill and the shared importance, value, and trust we place in our military servicemembers. I urge support of H.R. 1801, and I yield back the balance…

I am concerned at some of the steps recently taken to expand regulation and oversight on our industry that has done nothing to warrant such action.

Reclaiming my time, we did have an FAA open debate, Madam Speaker, and we could have brought this up at this time.

Just a moment, sir, and I will yield. We should have opened this up when we had open committee, and this should have been brought up then. But not now, in the motion to recommit, when we have FAA jobs on the line, and we need to get this…

I think it is absolutely outrageous what happened to those soldiers. As a military officer for 24 years, and as an airline pilot for 17 years, I think it is absolutely heinous what happened to those soldiers. Quite frankly, it's…

I thank the gentlemen for their kind comments, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Cravaack). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Amash

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ____. None of the funds made available by this…

Everybody wants peace, I above all people. But the Department of Defense--we have plenty of agencies within the Federal Government that will go ahead and search for peace. We do not need another program to do it that we just cannot afford…

I reject the message from some on this committee and these hearings as doing anything but initiating an open process and not only protecting Muslim Americans, but protecting all Americans.

I get it. But unfortunately, we are at a $1.6 trillion deficit, national debt, and $14 trillion in debt.