Eddie Bernice Johnson: “Thank you very much, and thank you, Ms.--Chairwoman Comstock and Ranking Member Lipinski, for holding this hearing.”

Thank you, Chairman Larsen and Ranking Member Graves, for holding today's hearing on the state of general aviation.

We need investments in the operation, staffing, and pay and benefits to keep and attract people to aviation jobs.

It is critically important to make sure that everyone is benefitting from this legislation.

If America is to reach its methane reduction targets and live up to its climate promises such as the Global Methane Pledge, oil and gas sector methane mitigation must be informed by science.