Sam Graves: “Who actually believes that we can make aviation unnecessary by building some vast high-speed rail system?”

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Missouri has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, I appreciate very much the gentleman from Oklahoma and his willingness to work with me on that. As he pointed out, we will have ample opportunity in conference to work these issues out. I give the gentleman…

I urge the Committee to take long overdue action on rail safety so that passengers and communities with rail in their backyards have a level of safety oversight and protection afforded to other modes of transportation.

Again, I urge all Members to support this must-pass bill so we can keep our aviation system operating safely and focus on passing a long-term FAA bill next week. H.R. 8289 provides for a clean extension of FAA authorities. It does not…