Bill Shuster: “But I would like you to take that message back to the White House, that let's do the leadership role of funding a…”

I believe that they fundamentally agree with me that the FAA is broken, and that--although it is a very, very safe system, the efficiency, the innovation, the modernization for decades has fallen behind.

If we make the system more efficient and drive down costs, that gives everybody more money to spend on taking care of those problems.

The United States is a world leader in aviation. We are also the world leader in innovation, and one of the sectors that I want to see thrive is the use of unmanned aerial systems.

I do not believe that privatizing the ATO is the answer.