That has got to change, and hopefully the NTIA can negotiate this, or maybe it has to be mandated by Congress.

But--excuse me. But France is permanent. I am not aware that it goes away in 6 months.

They are being litigated and hopefully they will lose, and we will preserve that for the future of automobile safety.

Question from Hon. Peter A. DeFazio to Hon. Meredith Attwell Baker, President and Chief Executive Officer, CTIA.

In fact, numerous aviation stakeholders, including many we will hear from today, expressed concerns to the Trump-appointed, former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, prior to and after the FCC voted to open up the C-band for wireless use all the way…

Ajit Pai just blew it all off because they were in a hurry to get it out there.

if we couldn't use it, we would be back to those days of people ending up in Portland and driving down on a bus. So, that is not acceptable.

We applaud the commitment of this Subcommittee and the FAA for their continued efforts to ensure the highest level of aviation safety.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will go back to a question I put to the Administrator, which is, what happens at the end of 6 months?

What is not in dispute is that the FAA, responsible for an aviation system whose safety record is second to none, remained uncertain about the validity of the FCC's analysis and thus was required to take the actions that it did.

It is the role of Congress to amend the Act to make it very clear that standards development is a core requirement that must be followed through by USDA.

We also believe, however, that the root cause of the disruption has not been sufficiently understood in the commentary we have seen to date.

Like everyone, we were dismayed that the much-anticipated rollout of new 5G networks by AT&T and Verizon had to be postponed and modified as the result of aviation concerns that had not been addressed beforehand to the FAA's satisfaction.

I wrote in December we have heard from stakeholders--and the Corps has asserted numerous times--that they have the existing legal authorities.

Grace has focused and been focused on water--obviously, being from California sharpens your focus--since the day I met her.

Today, this committee continues its bipartisan work on the next biennial Water Resources Development Act.

We need to build back better in a way that is resilient, that we are innovative, we can meet future challenges, and we don't leave any parts of the country behind, including rural, Tribal, and disadvantaged communities.

The Corps has been really pathetically underfunded for decades. The backlog of critical infrastructure projects has grown and grown to tens of billions of dollars.

Every member understands the important work that the Corps does in their district.

The benefits of the bipartisan infrastructure law will be felt by everyday Americans for decades.

As we rebuild, particularly, I want to look at the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

The bipartisan infrastructure law provided once-in-a-generation investment in transportation.

Enacting WRDAs through this bipartisan, predictable timeline is Congress at its best.

The Corps has been laughably underfunded for decades, leading to a $100 billion backlog of projects.