"It is time to get past this and get real and allow the airports to fund."
"I have introduced a bill to lift the cap on the passenger facility charge."
"I think sundering the agency is problematic when the certification is recognized by so many as the number-one problem we have today with the FAA."
"I would observe that certification is, when the industry is polled broadly, the number-one issue."
"So, I mean, the net result is that, although I assume that many operators might go ahead and comply with it once they become aware of it, but it is not mandatory because we haven't been able to adopt ..."
"I would hope that we can reach that same point again very quickly this year."
"That seems unreasonable. And I think it would be critical that, in this long-term bill, that we put in provisions for reciprocity."
"I really want to see that move forward, and I want to help rein in the abuses of the Chinese and others."
"The status quo has been, we are frozen in amber. We are refusing to invest in our infrastructure."
"I intend to continue to push for us to actually finally put our money where our agreement has been, and get some of these things done."
"I would reflect that Congress did--although most don't know it--increase the inland diesel waterway user fee, diesel tax, in a yearend budget deal 2 years ago."