On the recordJanuary 27, 2011
this legislation is the FAA authorization bill, which is extremely important. We have been trying to do this bill for years. I hope with what took place today, we can move to this bill and have a good debate on an extremely important piece of legislation. The vast majority of the Senate wants this to get done, Democrats and Republicans. This will greatly aid the Nation and the traveling public. This is such an important bill. We throw the words around ``jobs bill.'' This is a jobs bill. At the minimum, this bill will create more than 100,000 jobs. It will do it by investing in airport infrastructure and improving aviation technology in every State in the Nation. This is a conservative estimate as to how many jobs will be produced. The bill improves air service for rural communities such as those in Colorado that are struggling to have air transportation. I can remember Nevada, when there was good transportation in Ely and Elko, but now it is very difficult. You have to go to Utah first to get into Nevada. This bill will allow us to work toward changing things such as that. It also provides for a passenger bill of rights.
