Jennifer Wexton: “I am really, really sorry that you are not going to be staying with the FAA permanently.”

I have no doubt you will continue Chairman Cole's high standard of leadership for this great subcommittee.

I also want to thank you for your and the administration's steadfast support for our Nation's transit systems and transit workers.

As the founder of the Congressional Task Force on Digital Citizenship, I am particularly interested in the intersection of these two areas.

As most of you now know, last year I was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, or PSP. I describe it as 'Parkinson's on steroids,' and I don't recommend it.