I am concerned that the political uncertainty surrounding how many, if any, U.S. forces will be left in Afghanistan at the end of 2014 will destroy all the work that the United States has done to build the Afghan's aviation capacity and…
David Price
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David E. Price is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving North Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1997 until 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Price was known for his work on issues related to education, transportation, and housing. He played a significant role in various legislative efforts, including those aimed at improving public education and expanding access to affordable housing. Price also served on the House Appropriations Committee, where he influenced federal funding allocations for his state and district.
I know that there was a time when Ronald Reagan said we ought to have 600 ships and 15 aircraft carriers.
Frankly, that troubles me, coming as I do from a State that suffered so much loss on September 11th, 2001.
Congress must act. I am going to be urging the committee to include report language to this effect.
I previously introduced legislation, along with Representative Duncan of Tennessee, the SAFE Act, which would require the installation of a second backup set of deployable flight data and cockpit voice recorders on new commercial passenger…
I do think it is time to move ahead on this. And, you know, it surely wouldn't take too many searches like the one we are undertaking now.
Yes, it does show what could be done if a kind of ideological rigidity around here were to be relaxed and we were to have a more adequate budget.
the solution to this is not to try to distinguish too finely among different classes of applicants but really to get this cap lifted and get on with the program.
I want to raise the question with you about a report that in our Bill last year we required of your agency regarding the economic feasibility of the deployment of flight recorders that would eject when an airplane crashes and would float…





