Political Quotes

“Mr. President, my colleagues have already been out here today. It is a great day for aviation because we have a product before the U.S. Senate, and Members will be asked to vote to move forward on the consideration of this important aviation safety legislation. As my colleagues have already said, this is a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on the FAA reauthorization. It is important to reauthorize both the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board for another 5 years. We are not only giving them direction and resources to improve safety, but we are asking them to keep up to date on the implementation of the latest technologies that help us do just that. I want to thank my colleague Senator Cruz, who was just on the Senate floor, for helping negotiate this through the Senate Commerce Committee. I want to thank Chairman Graves and Ranking Member Larsen from my State for their participation and dedication to producing this bicameral, bipartisan legislation. I certainly want to thank Senators Duckworth and Moran, who chair the subcommittee in the aviation area, for their important contributions to this legislation. I also want to thank President Biden, Secretary Buttigieg, and Administrator Whitaker for helping us on all of the input as we move forward on this legislation. I certainly want to thank Senators Schumer, Thune, Duckworth, and Sinema, who helped to negotiate key provisions of this as it relates to pilot safety and training.…”