"I think we could be able to get to the point where they don't lose or damage any assistive devices. I don't think that is too much to ask."
"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 signe..."
"This has always been a bipartisan issue, and we should be able to make more progress."
"It is beyond me that in the year 2022, the air travel experience for passengers with disabilities is not improving at the same pace."
"Even one mishandled wheelchair is one too many."
"So, I guess that kind of raises the issue, which I will be passing on to Garret Graves, who I think will chair this committee in the future, of whether or not we should raise the passenger facility ch..."
"Wow. OK."
"Thirty-six years I have been here working these issues, and the forces of inertia and not getting things done in Washington are quite strong."
"I am proud of the work of this committee and this Congress, as a whole, for these last 2 years to break through that inertia and deliver for the American people."
"We delivered on the challenges to the transportation sector from COVID-19."
"When faced with crumbling transportation infrastructure that had been neglected for years, we delivered."
"And when faced with a climate crisis and a desperate need for Government leadership in order to decarbonize, again, we delivered with separate legislation."