If confirmed, can you assure us that the Newark tower will be staffed to the volume of performance that we require there?
Frank Lautenberg
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Frank Lautenberg was a prominent American businessman and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Jersey. A member of the Democratic Party, Lautenberg held office from 1982 to 2001 and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was known for his advocacy on issues related to transportation, public health, and environmental protection. Lautenberg played a key role in the passage of legislation aimed at improving safety standards in transportation and addressing public health concerns, including efforts to reduce smoking and improve air quality.
Last week Senator Rockefeller and I introduced legislation that would establish a long-overdue National Surface Transportation Policy.
With this group of excellent candidates, Mr. Chairman, handling the gavel would be a pleasure.
I have great respect for our colleague from Ohio. He is always bringing to our attention the fact that higher costs are not something that would like they would help us out of a recession.
Having built and run a pretty good sized company, I can tell you savings like that do add up and will allow business to invest and expand and hire more workers.
I think the title mystifies people to the tune of disbelief. They just do not see it.
People are appropriately concerned about how we work our way out of this recession that we are in.
The House of Representatives currently is considering a bill to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and we hope to pass a climate change bill out of this Committee very soon.
This is the kind of thing that Congress and the Senate, through this FAA Reauthorization Bill, needs to jump on immediately.
We're not full strength now. We haven't had experienced controllers. We're off considerably from what we're supposed to have.
We need to find a quick solution to a contract, to find a way to keep those experienced controllers from retiring.
Until this bill gets passed and until we get a new administrator in place, that's not going to happen.
This, along with provisions that address the issue of foreign ownership and control of our domestic airlines, are important in protecting U.S. workers and consumers alike.
This legislation addresses some immediate and indeed some long-term needs and that is appropriate.
We appreciate the leadership of this Committee particularly and how closely you've worked with us to address these issues and to force the FAA to do its job.
This is one of the quickest relays you will have seen in the U.S. Senate and your testimony's important.
It is essential to make a bold policy statement that service to all communities is important in our country.
Thank you, Senator, for giving the Association of Flight Attendants, the world's largest flight attendant union, the opportunity to testify today.
Newark, you know, is one of the most delayed airports or if not the most delayed airport in the country.
The airlines have promised to do more to avoid having passengers stranded on the tarmac but nearly every month we hear another horrific delay.
The general aviation industry is a critical one and I for one would like to see its growth and its development.
I think it is squarely at the feet of the Air Traffic Control System and the inefficiencies that continue to exist there.





