Sam Graves: “We need to be using the best information we can in regard to informing decisions.”

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…

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.

I missed a series of votes today. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 492.