Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. I close by saying that the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 would not have been possible without the staff here in the House of Representatives that have spent more than a year negotiating and drafting this legislation. I thank some folks in closing, and I won't go through the titles-- they know who they are--but by name: Brian Bell, Adam Weiss, Alexandra Menardy, Elizabeth Forro, and Alex Schnelle, who are on the Aviation Subcommittee staff. On the full committee: Kathy Dedrick, Helena Zyblikewycz, Stanton Johnson, Ryan Lehman, Peter True, Hale Diamond, Paul Samberg, Michael Hudspith, and Zane Tolchinsky. I also recognize the Republican Aviation Subcommittee staff, without whom this obviously would not have been done. Both staffs took the direction from the chair and I that we were going to play Team House of Representatives when it came to negotiating the final bill and be bipartisan, as long as we could be bipartisan, through this entire process. I recognize the Subcommittee on Aviation staff on the Republican side: Hunter Presti, Laney Copeland, Julie Devine, Andrew Giacini, Will Moore, Corey Sites, and Christopher Senn. On the full committee: Jack Ruddy, Abby Camp Wenk, Meghan Holland, Corey Cooke, Leslie Parker, Justin Harclerode, and Kerry Goldberg.…”