Political Quotes

“the bill we bring to the floor today is a short-term reauthorization of the Airport Improvement Program to allow the FAA to make grants of up to $800 million by June 30 for airport improvement projects across the Nation that have been held back because the authorization bill has not been enacted. Mr. Speaker, we are following this approach, I should say, very reluctantly. Our preference has been for a multiyear program. We feel it is good public policy to have a multiyear program so that airports can count on a steady stream of revenue for these long-term projects of improving airport runways, taxiways, and building new facilities. Toward that end, in fact, the Committee on Public Works and Transportation reported last September 14, 1993, a 3-year AIP reauthorization for fiscal years 1994 through 1996, H.R. 2739. That bill passed the House on October 13, 1993, by a vote of 384 to 42. Unfortunately over in the other body, disputes unrelated to the essence of AIP held up progress on that legislation; product liability, airport fees, intrastate trucking.”