Well, I mean, we have an aviation high school in Seattle.

Chairman Cantwell and others willingness to give the Administration the political support and tools necessary to push the EU to end its unilateral and misguided approach.

Without small businesses, the U.S. aviation industry would not be the leader that it is today.

You need to look at a systems approach to safety and be able to apply these principles that are being proliferated around the world, called SMS.

So are the Europeans catching up, or are they truly ahead on this next cutting-edge technology?

I think we're probably educating a lot of foreigners with advanced degrees in aviation, and they're probably going home to various places.

I would like to commend Senator Thune for taking the lead in fighting this scheme.

An indispensable element of such a policy is the modernization of the U.S. air traffic management system, or NextGen.

And just for what everybody has been talking about, do we have the workforce now to implement the strategy that we are talking about?

And frankly, people in our region are very frustrated that we deliver care that way and get less reimbursement.

So, have we not proven that we can deliver better care at lower cost, and now it is just about figuring out how to implement that system so that people are, as you were saying, incentivized to do the right thing as opposed to the----

I certainly believe in credible data.

Thank you for having this hearing. It's been great to work with you and Representative Hastings in the House.

The bill also requires a management plan to be developed within 3 years of receiving funding.

Three years certainly we believe is appropriate.

Are your Departments committed to meeting that deadline?

We are also grateful for Senators Lamar Alexander, Maria Cantwell, Tom Udall, and Patty Murray's leadership in co-sponsoring this legislation.

Every pilot has an important responsibility to report to work fit for duty and safe to fly.

I would like to enter into the record a longer statement, if I could, on this hearing and on Jackson-Vanik.

I guess my question is, what are we going to do about issues of national security and technology to make sure that we are preserving...

It's a large and complex rule and I pledge my own personal commitment to push our team as quickly as we can to get this done expeditiously.

Again, Mr. Huerta, thank you for your willingness to serve and thank you for your testimony this morning.

2013 is a long time from now as it relates to this. I mean, this seems to be something we needed in 2011.

I call up amendment No. 2370. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Washington [Ms. Cantwell] proposes an amendment numbered 2370.

I rise in support of this amendment offered by my colleague, Senator Murray, and others, to include in the school lunch program a pilot program dealing with dry beans, peas, lentils, and chickpeas. My amendment works to improve the…