Political Quotes

“Firstly, I would like to go ahead and extend to all the leadership that produced this bill my thanks: Chairman Sam Graves, Ranking Member Larsen, and Subcommittee Chair Garret Graves, our self-professed passenger. This is an outstanding, bipartisan bill. It is what the American public wants, what it needs, and we need to pass this. If the House Committee on Transportation was a microcosm of Congress, we would have the highest ratings Congress has ever seen. We worked together on this bill. As the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Aviation, I appreciate the opportunity to work with this leadership team and the whole committee and the staff to produce this bipartisan bill, which we hope we can pass by the September deadline. The legislation is vital in the continuity of the U.S. aviation industry. It helps ensure aviation safety, infrastructure, and workforce development programs remain top priorities at such a critical juncture. Our Nation is bound together by aviation, business and passenger, as well. This legislation addresses several key priorities of mine: improving airport infrastructure investments; enhancing aviation safety; protecting consumers, especially those with disabilities; addressing environmental resiliency; ensuring the safe operation and integration of unmanned aircraft systems and advanced air mobility aircraft; and improving the development of the U.S. aviation workforce, especially in minority communities.…”