It is still no excuse for dehumanizing the aspects of passenger travel and just making them part of someone's business plan.

European consumers have far more robust consumer protections than we do in the United States, and we don't understand why that should be.

I was also there when, last year, or 2 years ago, we put an FAA bill together and we didn't give flight attendants the same rest time as pilots.

Unfortunately, some of our colleagues in the House do not understand the importance of Secure Rural Schools program, and the President's budget did not seem to understand the importance of this. We are going to have to work harder.

I specifically want to thank Senator Cantwell's unwavering efforts to help Pend Oreille County recover from this tragedy and for her work to reform fire borrowing.

That is why I am joining my colleagues, Senator Wyden and Senator Hatch, tomorrow in introducing a bill to reauthorize the now expired Secure Rural Schools program.

I just wanted to get, if I could, the witnesses on record about whether we should fix this SRS problem now, ASAP, and not wait for other discussions.

The task before us is difficult. For us to extend the Secure Rural Schools programs, the House, the Senate and the White House all must, ultimately, support the extension.

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H.R. 339, the Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act, is something that we all need to discuss.

I am just trying to make sure that we're continuing to shine the bright light on these issues.

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I cannot tell you how much we appreciate this program in Washington State.

We must look at ways to make aviation, and especially general aviation, safer.

I was disappointed along with many of my colleagues by the $239 million budget cut the President proposed for the IRS, nearly erasing the bipartisan efforts we made last year.

The new rules should reduce the time and the cost of moving these technologies through the certification process.

Do you know of any steps the Secretary is taking to advocate for the IRS's exemption?

I was disappointed in the Administration's proposal to eliminate the EAS program, which would have a very negative impact on small and rural communities across the country.

We obviously want good programs that work.

I was heartened to hear Secretary Mnuchin during his confirmation hearing say that the IRS was understaffed and that we needed to make sure that we moved beyond the punitive budget cuts.

Well, we definitely want to see those exemptions. And I guess I would be the wingwoman on the wingman team on this issue of streamlined critical pay authority.

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I think what I would like to do is see if I can get the witnesses on record about what we need to do to continue our investment in freight mobility and our port infrastructure.