Peter DeFazio

According to Amtrak statistics, traveling on the electrified Northeast Corridor system emits 83 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than driving.

This is timely and of tremendous importance: examining how we can move people and freight more efficiently, without congestion.

Rail benefits all of us--urban and rural, rich and poor, Republican and Democratic--by contributing to a more robust economy with fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

I remain determined to steer substantial federal investment towards the U.S. rail system to expand rail opportunities that broaden our economic base.

As you are aware, the COVID-19 pandemic completely upended the shipping industry, resulting in severe backups at ports and disrupting every link in the maritime supply chain.

We have got to ensure that our equipment is not negatively impacted.

Congress must reform the broken chapter 11 process to protect collective bargaining agreements.

ALPA pilots are indebted to Chairman DeFazio and Chairman Larsen and others for developing and extending the PSP.

The FAA must continue to take strong enforcement action against passengers who become unruly when told they must wear masks.

I, along with Homeland Security Chair Thompson, sent a letter last month calling on the Transportation Security Administration to strictly enforce the President's new order.

I want to commend the Biden administration for issuing Executive Orders requiring mask use in transportation.

It is appropriate to, even at this early stage of the Nation's emergence from the pandemic, start thinking about the aviation industry's recovery.

We have to inform people that a lot of things people are using routinely are not allowed on airplanes.

We have to be emphatic.

I, numerous times, asked the FAA Administrator to impose a mask mandate, and he refused, saying, 'Oh, you couldn't do that.'

I am hopeful, with this current program--which is included in this COVID package pending over in the dysfunctional Senate, with stupid rules written by Senators who have been dead for 10 years.

We don't want to move too quickly, as we recover, to remove these precautions.

But this time, it is a little different. Congress rose to the occasion, and we created what I think is the most successful part of the CARES Act or anything we have done during the pandemic to support working Americans.

Chairman DeFazio, thank you for the questions.

Yes, I would wholeheartedly support the establishment of an advisory committee within the Department of Transportation that would advise the Secretary on policies to promote transportation equity.

These funds are intended to be spent deterring dangerous driving behaviors such as speeding or not wearing a seat belt.

I'd say we have a lot more work to do.

This is a complex and important issue that we cannot ignore.

We need to root this out.

But we find that a number of States, many States, have been using this for law enforcement in ways that are not meaningfully dealing with the major problems that cause traffic fatalities.