On the recordJuly 21, 2011
first of all, let me make a comment on something totally unrelated to the subject of the day, which is that we have a significant bill coming up that the occupant of the chair and I have put together. It is called the pilots' bill of rights. The reason I want to say something about it is it is getting toward the end of the week. It happens a week from today--the largest gathering anyplace in the world of pilots who will get together in Oshkosh for the big event. I have been going to that for 32 consecutive years. We have probably the most significant piece of legislation we have ever introduced at Oshkosh. We are going to have literally thousands--I am talking about 200,000 pilots who are single-issue people. I have been a pilot for 50 years. I know how these people think. The pilots' bill of rights is going to offer an opportunity to these people, who might be accused of something by the FAA, to have access to the evidence against them. It is something that everybody is for. As a matter of fact, it is something that--I haven't said yet, but I just heard that the air traffic controllers are supporting this effort. So we are going to have a lot of people. We already have 34 cosponsors. The reason I want to say this, I know not many Members are listening, but a lot of staffers are. Pilots are single-issue people. They are going to want to know who is cosponsor of the bill. We will be talking for a period of 2 hours in two different settings.…
