Sam Graves: “There has to be some adjustments made on the consideration of people's lives and their property.”

This legislation provides some critical aviation safety enhancements.

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.

Small businesses should not be held hostage by aggressive trial lawyers eager to make a quick buck.

With your partnership, we can keep this momentum going, we can deliver good projects for more communities, and we can build and rebuild our transportation systems to meet the 21st, and even 22nd, century needs of Americans.