The FAA Reauthorization Act includes a comprehensive workforce development title, including my provision to create a new task force to encourage high school students to enroll in aviation manufacturing, maintenance and engineering…

I am telling you the experience from a Member of Congress on this subcommittee.

This is a commonsense provision that will help reduce workload and the cost of aircraft ownership, which AOPA strongly supports.

It is a disrespect to Ellen Saracini, who is in the room today, and to my friends who were on flight 175 with her husband, Captain Victor Saracini.

If you pick Democrats, you will get a good representative demographic of America.

It is our opinion that forming this advisory committee working group right now, the FAA's looking at secondary barriers, is a waste of resources that they have.

Flight attendants do not understand how you can write such clear language and not get this in place.

Simply changing one character, 8 hours, to a two-character, 10 hours, to address flight attendant fatigue.

I rue your absence from the Congress, because you have been such a good Member.

We are the only country in the world with aviation regulations that do not harmonize flight attendant and pilot rest. This is an issue of equality.

We also support Chairman DeFazio's Aviation Funding Stability Act, which would ensure that all FAA activities are funded in the event of a Government shutdown.

How many children will have to be assaulted on aircraft before the DOT acts?