Bud Shuster: “I thank my friend and, actually, my classmate, Mr. Lynch. You, myself, and Joe Wilson are the last of the special…”

“I thank my friend and, actually, my classmate, Mr. Lynch. You, myself, and Joe Wilson are the last of the special election eight that came in 2001, so with me leaving, it will just be up to you and Joe Wilson. But I appreciate working with you. I appreciate the intent of your amendment. Again, I reluctantly oppose it because of my high regard for you and the work you have done here. I might add too that what you are talking about, the registration--your amendment, I am familiar with it; I think it might have had some unintended consequences. But I also believe that what they do in Oklahoma City at the registry would put some language in this bill to change that process out there. I intend to go out and see it firsthand, because there are problems out there with the way they operate out there in Oklahoma City. Again, I understand what you are talking about. But I do rise, reluctantly, to oppose the amendment. The amendment would require the FAA to undertake a very unclear task, I believe, facilitating opportunities for air carriers to install noise reduction devices. If you come onto the House floor with an FAA bill, the number one amendment that we have--many, many amendments that we have deal with noise. So it is a problem out there. But the air carriers do have an incentive to, again, operate and reduce the noise of their aircraft, and each new generation of aircraft continues to reduce the noise.…”