On the recordJune 3, 2015
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I, too, want to reluctantly express my opposition to this amendment. Madam Chair, I take second place to no one in this body as the champion of the TIGER program, as I hope was evident in my support for the gentlewoman from California's (Ms. Maxine Waters) amendments just now; but we are underscoring in this amendment, while it is worthy in its intent--and I would love to be able to add a lot more money than this to the TIGER program--its offset is very worrisome and one that I think should lead us to oppose this amendment. It comes out of the Federal Aviation Administration's operations account, $100 million out of that account. Now, the bill provides a slight increase for FAA operations, but it is still $67 million below the President's request. This is the account that provides the funds needed to ensure aviation safety and security, so cutting this account is ill advised.
