Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I was not going to be talking right now, but I understand some of the people who are going to be reserving time are not yet here. Pilot's Bill of Rights 2 Mr. President, I want to remind my colleagues on the floor that we have a piece of legislation that is coming up that no one is really plugged into right now, but it is going to be coming before us in a very short period of time. Back in 2011, I introduced a bill and passed a bill called the Pilot's Bill of Rights. It was something that was very meaningful to a relatively small number of people, but these are single-issue people, and it strove to correct a problem in our justice system that existed for as long as I could remember. Having been an active commercial pilot for the last over 50 years-- and there are not too many in the Senate; and in our delegation in Oklahoma, I was the only one until a couple years ago--it is only natural that I receive comments from a lot of people concerning problems they have with the FAA. There are a lot of great people in the FAA, and a lot of them I have worked with for many, many years. But there are also some--and this is true with any regulatory body, anyone who has authority over individuals. I remember back many years ago when I was the mayor of Tulsa. We had a great police force. But all it takes is two or three of them who are the bad guys. We are seeing some of that around today, and that gives a bad reputation to a lot of people.…”