We know there is constant probing, some of it being done by nation-states, not just terrorist groups, nation-states hostile to the U.S.

even before you get the warning, if you feel shaking you got to move to higher ground

Congress has to do that. Our objective is one, single Federal standard that does preempt the States.

The issue of probably most immediate concern to those of us who live in the Northwestern United States is the threat of Cascadia subduction zone quake.

Would 100 percent perhaps be a combination between both the mid-ocean exchange, which does help, to some extent, but isn't perfect, and a treatment system?

So you are saying it is really a dispute between different businesses involved in the supply chain over what is--what they would feel would comply.

We should--the committee should look at not scheduling hearings in different subcommittees at the same time.

The Ukraine attack was perhaps a harbinger of things to come.

Are we looking at anything like that here, in the U.S.?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

We have a backlog of somewhere between $48 billion and $54 billion for ongoing budgeted projects.

I'm going to return to a theme I've brought up for years which is that Congress is not adequately funding the Corps of Engineers.

I appreciate the opportunity for the hearing, Mr. Chairman, but I really believe that, you know, we are not ready to go forward with this proposal.

Now--and this will be a question to Mr. Rinaldi.

So somehow we are going to strive to have the lowest unit costs in the world--that is competing with the air traffic controllers in India.

If air traffic control isn't an inherently Government function, what is?

I heard repeatedly that the Secretary will appoint people who support the public interest. As I said, President Sanders, yes, I bet so. President Trump? Maybe not so much.

Your staff has the proposal that I worked on, and we have made it available to others. So it is not a secret.

This bill has no such provisions.

Completely disrupting the ATC system and splitting up the FAA will probably set back NextGen implementation by quite a few years.

The GAO report that came out this morning raises very, very serious questions, which will not be answered between today and tomorrow.

Proponents of the bill would give away billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded assets to the airlines.

We have put $53 billion into the facilities and equipment over the last 20 years.

Nothing in this bill says that that couldn't happen.

I think that is wrong, I think we should take more time.