Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I would just argue that the aviation industry has, in fact, really been hit because obviously September 11th had an impact on people's willingness to travel by air.

Our airlines, our airports, and our employees are facing an immediate crisis and they need our help.

I offered an amendment to increase the size of the aviation relief package from $2.8 billion to $3.5 billion dollars.

Will there be identical cost-sharing requirements by the States?

Can you be more specific about what other things you are going to do in order to comply with the amount of money that you have if you do not do furloughs?

Especially when we are in an era of worrying about terrorist attacks and those kinds of things, are you going to be increasing the number of inspections for our foreign repair stations?

I will hold on my other questions and let other members of the committee respond and then come back to Ms. Blakey.

I know you are not going to let me pin you down, but there is a rumor swirling that the Administration has drawn a line in the sand at $900 million.

There is a fairness element.

It is difficult to overstate the seriousness of the crisis facing this vital part of our Nation's transportation infrastructure.