The men and women that serve in our military in whatever capacity, we certainly appreciate what they do for our Nation to keep us safe and hopefully we keep them out of harm's way.

This bill provides transformational reform of the U.S. aviation system, something that is absolutely necessary to modernize our air traffic control system.

It seems to be slow-walking implementation, and for the life of me I can't understand that.

To hell with it. Let's just do it ourselves and not sit around and be jerked around on this thing.

It is critical that we get water resources back on the congressional schedule of doing it every Congress.

Imminent in Washington could mean a decade.

I think this committee expects answers. I think the families are owed answers. I think the American public is looking to make sure that rail is safe across our entire Nation.

I think the families deserve to hear what those solutions are, but more importantly, that those solutions are actually put into place.

Yes, we do support putting a real price on carbon.

America always does the right thing after it has exhausted every other option.

We have got 6 months to act, and to everybody that knows Washington, pressure is a great thing for us to have here.

What we have to come up with is an operational model that works for the United States, not for other countries.

It has got to be safety, safety, safety.

Let's play to win as a country again. Let's get back in the transportation business in a significant way.

But I would like you to take that message back to the White House, that let's do the leadership role of funding a transportation system, and let's let the public pay for it.

Safety in our skies is simply paramount. That has to be first and foremost to us.

I think we have an opportunity here to do something different.

I really do believe there is a way forward for us, and not everybody is going to get everything they want.

We need to look at something different, not only from the process standpoint, but from the funding standpoint, a new way forward.

we really got to move fast on these things. Because I have a great concern that we are going to lose our lead in the industry across the board, and all the aviation industry.

I don't want to sit here and watch our aviation industry go the way of the textiles and the auto industries.

By authorizing these 11 Chief's Reports, along with those already captured in H.R. 3080, combined with Section 902 changes for a limited number of ongoing projects, we will support what this country needs most right now: the creation and…

In my opinion, the process we have embraced with this WRRDA bill reflects what we have been set here to do: to legislate cooperatively, and collectively do what is right for the country.

Unilaterally broadening the scope of the Clean Water Act and the Federal Government's reach into our everyday lives will have adverse effects on the economy and jobs.

We need to do it in a way that is science-based, not some knee jerk reaction to protecting the environment.