Brian Fitzpatrick: “I urge the Committee to fully reauthorize and carefully consider an expansion of the Essential Air Service Program as…”

And it’s our job in Congress to not just sit by. We’ve got to step forward and reclaim our authority under Article I, especially when it comes to appropriations.

And if the American taxpayer dollar is being used in a way that the American taxpayer does not consent to and does not approve of ... it’s our job to make sure that we ask the questions, identify what the source is, so we can nip this…

It’s going to send a message to Putin that we do have a pulse here, that we do care about Ukraine and that we are going to utilize our authority to help them.

There’s got to be people that come to the table and agree that it’s in the best interest of our nation to not do this, that it’s a race to the bottom,