ALPA would like to thank Chairman DeFazio and Chairman Larsen, as well as Representatives Davis, Davids, and Ferguson, for their ongoing leadership on an important issue that threatens thousands of high-quality airline jobs in our country.
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I was a rehabilitation counselor. So, I am quite familiar with some of the struggles.
I also want to thank Chairman DeFazio in particular for his work in shaping this legislation.
It has been three decades--I have been here 36 years, and I was in my second term when the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, signed by G.H.W. Bush and significantly amended in 2008 and signed by G.W. Bush.
We saved the aviation industry by keeping the employees paid and in status, not directing money as a bailout to the airlines themselves.
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