Political Quotes

“I have been involved for many years in seeking to devise a legislative solution to the constitutional issues that exist due to the decisions of the Congressional Board of Review, as that board has jurisdiction over Dulles and National airports. The Senate may recall that many years ago I introduced a bill, together with my then-colleague from Virginia, Senator Trible, by which these airports became subject to this particular board of review. It enabled these airports then to begin to proceed to get the needed dollars and financing to modernize both Dulles International and Washington National Airports. This amendment, S. 1994, the Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996, which is almost identical to S. 288, as reported out of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, provides a necessary cure to a constitutional deficiency, as defined by the Federal courts, in the structure of the Airports Authority.”