Byron Dorgan: “It certainly is, and it is a tax that was not a part of any public discussion and imposed in a room with the doors…”

I spoke on the floor of the Senate a number of times about general aviation and its importance to this country.

I spent much of my time as Chairman of this committee focused on increasing funding for the IHS and trying to force some systemic changes in the bureaucracy that plagues that agency.

The status quo will not be tolerated.

This is a heavy lift. This is something that needs to be done.