Sam Graves

It's very frustrating to me when we're dictating or putting out these dates based on this weather event and that weather event when we have people that flooded.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I want to thank you very much for having this hearing, and I wish that HUD were sitting here as well because they are very topical to this.

Thank you, Chairman Maloney. As a farmer and a Congressman whose district is bounded by the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, I understand the necessity of access to international markets.

Yes, ratification of UNCLOS is a strategic imperative given the opportunity costs incurred by not being at the table.

Without having a seat at the table... puts the United States and also our allies, partners and friends at a disadvantage.

China is also leading an effort attempting to change the long-accepted understanding under UNCLOS and maritime customary law.

TNCs can fill the gaps in our transportation networks and improve the quality of life for rural residents.

Can you please update me on the status of FAA's evaluation of emergency medical kits?

If the evaluation is not yet complete, can you confirm that the FAA is taking under consideration new products including those that allow for infants and toddlers to be protected?

I am glad the Subcommittee is focusing on implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.

This is the longest reauthorization of the FAA in more than two decades, and its passage last October was overwhelmingly bipartisan and widely praised.

Section 518, authored by Representative Sam Graves, deems the FAA Aircraft Registry in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 'essential'.

It is vitally important that the workforce grant programs, training requirements, and studies directed by the law be implemented in a timely manner.

I thank Ranking Member Sam Graves, an avid aviator, for his leadership on this as well.

We appreciate the leadership of Chairman Peter DeFazio, Ranking Member Sam Graves, Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Rick Larsen, Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves, Congressman Dan Lipinski and the entire Committee who expressed their…

Can you please assure me that countermeasures for food allergy and anaphylaxis are being addressed in terms of the evaluation, with a focus on the needs of children?

The Coast Guard has a $2.6 billion backlog of construction and maintenance projects.

I am particularly concerned that the Coast Guard does not understand the shoreside facility needs for its new operational assets.

As a farmer and a Member whose district is bounded by both the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, I understand the power of water both as a necessity and as a sometimes destructive force.

But instead, this is a political distraction. It takes us away from the important work that this committee should be doing.

the GSA must respond to your legitimate oversight requests regardless of whether your committee identifies any potential legislative actions that may result from the information.

Instead of working on disaster preparedness or any other of the countless number of infrastructure items that are clearly more important than this, like fixing roads and bridges, we are instead going to be listening to politically…

Instead, today's hearing is going to be nothing more than a political spectacle and a chance for the President's opponents to try to undermine him.

We used to hear over and over and over again when Republicans were in the majority, why aren't we doing infrastructure?

In light of the disasters this year, I think we should be focusing on making sure our committee's disaster reform efforts are working.