Sam Graves

That is why I introduced bipartisan bills, including the Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act and, just last week, the SPEED Recovery Act, to help individuals and communities cut through the red tape in FEMA assistance.

Wildfires have impacted communities across the Nation.

I want to join you in thanking the families for their relentless efforts to ensure that we never forget what happened in our pursuit of perfection.

the development and drafting of that law is a model of how we can work together and how bipartisan cooperation can yield positive results for the American people.

I think this is an important issue.

the urgency of the changes required demands that Congress do keep a close eye on the FAA's progress.

Can I get your commitment today that the FAA will implement this provision with appropriate urgency?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First of all, I want to thank you for holding this hearing.

I want to again make very clear my strong opposition to the sweeping, indiscriminate vaccine mandates that this Administration is pushing on commercial airlines.

This mandate is not about their safety it's about politics. It's plain and simple.

This mandate is not about safety. It is about politics, plain and simple.

I want to again make very clear my very strong opposition to the sweeping, indiscriminate vaccine mandate that this administration is pushing on commercial airlines.

This hearing is an opportunity for us to talk about what has happened since the awful crashes of the 737 MAX.

I mentioned this in response to Congressman Sam Graves' question earlier.

I will continue to work to ensure that the Coast Guard is fully funded and that the workforce who keep the service operating is not neglected.

I am keenly aware that the agency is currently operating below its workforce needs, and this has impacted its ability to meet mission demands.

Too often when Congress rushes to act it leads to doing more harm than good.

To close. Again, Mr. Speaker, this process has been horribly managed, and it is unfortunate that we didn't take this action before transportation programs were shut down and people were furloughed. Having said that, we need to provide this…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 365, nays 51, not voting 15, as…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the majority leader.

That is certainly not the transformative, once in a generation investment that our nation's cities, towns, and rural areas desperately need and it's something we should fix going forward.

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mrvan). The gentleman from Missouri has 17\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oregon has 15\1/2\ minutes remaining.

We live in a Republic where we elect Representatives and they pass the laws.

If the People's House would actually vote on these regulations... they would have the imprimatur of the support of the people.

I do think we have got to make sure that we are not focused on too small of a subset of this issue and make sure that we are looking a bit more holistically.