Jim Inhofe

These hearings are very significant. We get people like you, and there is no more qualified panel we could have.

The new administration has an important opportunity to chart a different and better course.

China has acted less and less like a responsible stakeholder of the rules-based order in the region and more like a bully.

We must not and will not bargain over our alliances with Japan and South Korea.

I welcome the Trump administration's outreach to China on the issue of North Korea.

As a result, the military units actively using these airports would be forced to significantly curtail their activities or operate from more distant, busier airports that support substantial commercial aviation operations.

What we think it does, right now, the FAA's thumb is on the scale against airport safety.

I think we have the support to get it passed, a lot of that thanks to you.

Your organization was instrumental in getting that passed.

Without the Federal Contract Tower Program, the vast majority of these airports would be unable to continue operating a tower.

The lead Democrat was Senator Blumenthal.

The one issue in there that got everyone's attention, of course, was the reform of the third class medical.

The transparency issue on re-examinations.

We were considering bringing it up in a separate bill this week.

There are several other things that were in that bill.

That is a reform that is going to have to be done.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

It's kind of a win-win situation because it helps the community with their congestion and it helps the railroads.

The FAST Act, when we passed the FAST Act, I was Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee.

It's going to be interesting. This Committee and the Committee that I chair, and the Environment and Public Works Committee, the Transportation Committee, we're all going to be working real close together and keeping pretty busy, I think.

We see the benefit when communities want to step into an investment with a freight railroad like Union Pacific.

I am very proud of that. Very proud of the work that was done.

The significance of the cleanups and his effort to really concentrate and get things done.

I applaud you for it.

Would you be for increasing the cap?