Mr. Chairman, this is the 11th bill which the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has brought to the floor thus far in this new session. Indeed, the other 10 bills passed overwhelmingly. I believe that this legislation, the…

Mr. Chairman, I am quite pleased to bring this bill to the floor today to authorize expenditures of the Federal Maritime Commission. The Federal Maritime Commission has important work ahead to implement the important provisions of the…

In 1996, the Supreme Court decided that the Death on the High Seas Act applied to aviation accidents. This took everybody by surprise because the Death on the High Seas Act is a shipping law and the Federal Aviation Act states that…

Recently, the European Union took the first step in adopting a very discriminatory regulation that would effectively ban most U.S.-based stage 3 hushkitted and certain U.S. re-engined aircraft from operation in the European Union, even…

In the last Congress the war risk insurance program was reauthorized only through March 31 of this year, so we must move quickly to reauthorize a program which has been operating successfully for over 47 years. This bill would reauthorize…

Not only could he, we strongly encourage him to do so. I would not be surprised if Youngstown, Ohio might be one of the candidates.

I think the outpouring that we have seen here tonight for Joe McDade shows how much we respect him, we admire him, and we love him. Godspeed to you, Joe McDade and Sarah and your family.

I rise today to honor Joe McDade, one of our colleagues, indeed, one of the most illustrious colleagues many of us have had the privilege to serve with in this Congress. As we know, Joe is retiring after 18 terms in the Congress, 36 years…

Mr. Speaker, this is must-pass legislation because without it, there can be no Federal airport grants made. There are about 18,000 airports in the United States with about 3300 eligible for Federal AIP grants. The General Accounting Office…

Mr. Speaker, this is the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 which modernizes our system of international ocean shipping. This reform is long overdue. In fact, in the last Congress, the House overwhelmingly passed Ocean Shipping Reform…

For example, if 25 percent of a new terminal building is to be used by eligible carriers, all the costs associated with the gates and the boarding areas, and at least 25 percent of the building's total shell, including heating…

some have argued that the TEA-21 highway and transit firewalls somehow have caused the appropriators to underfund other discretionary spending. This is false. The truth is that TEA-21 provided more, not less, funds for remaining…

I rise in support of H.R. 3267, the Sonny Bono Memorial Salton Sea Reclamation Act. This legislation offers an opportunity to restore the Salton Sea for recreational and ecological purposes and to improve water quality in the Alamo River…

The TEA 21 Restoration Act makes certain technical corrections to the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA 21), which was approved by Congress on May 22, 1998, and restores provisions agreed to by conferees but inadvertently…

I am particularly pleased not only that it was passed in the Senate just some minutes ago, 88 to 5, but also that the President of the United States has stated this afternoon, and I quote, that he will be ``pleased'' to sign this…

I would emphasize that under the formula in this legislation Illinois gets $203 million a year more than it was getting under ISTEA, and there are very substantial additional State funds also available.

Mr. Speaker, Henry Clay, the great compromiser, once said the good thing about compromise is that for everything you give up, you get something in return. And, indeed, that is where we are today. We bring back from our conference with the…

the amendment pending before the House, offered by Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania and Mr. Skelton of Missouri addresses matters relating to domestic terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction. Such matters fall within the jurisdiction of…

when General Schwarzkopf came back from the Gulf War, he told us that he had better intelligence than any battlefield commander in the history of the world. He also was asked by the media if there were any improvements that could be made…

I would like to respond just briefly to our friend who previously spoke in the well. First of all, this bill does not spend a penny more than the revenue paid into the Transportation Trust Fund by the American people, the traveling public…

This is a terrible amendment because particularly for the Northern States, it will destroy the opportunity to have funding as they prepare for the winter season. It is wrong to pass another short-term extension. Now that the May 1 deadline…

Mr. Chairman I oppose the ``turn your back'' amendment. The Kasich amendment would lower the gasoline tax by virtually eliminating Federal support for our Nation's highways. Last week my wife Kathy bought a gallon of gasoline in my…

I, therefore, must reluctantly state my opposition to this amendment. Mr. Chairman, I am sympathetic to my colleague's position opposing continuation of the DBE requirement in BESTEA. However, I have made an agreement to oppose any DBE…

I have seen the problem firsthand there. As the gentleman from Washington has observed, I have first-hand knowledge of the special mobility problems in the Puget Sound region. The Fast Corridor Program was developed to address that…

Today we bring to the floor of the House historic legislation, legislation to rebuild America so that we have a 21st Century transportation system. In the 21st Century, from Seattle to Miami, from New York to California, America is growing…