Rick Larsen

We run into permitting problems, or we run into the same thing that I hear over and over and over again, and it is China.

It seems like that we have certification problems left and right.

I just wanted to bring that up and just get it on the record because it may be something that we have to discuss...

So, it ends up being a national security and a homeland security issue?

The 2023 FAA reauthorization is an opportunity to support U.S. innovation, foster sustainability, and improve U.S. global leadership.

Congress enacted my bill, along with Chair Graves, the Advanced Aviation Infrastructure Modernization Act.

Congress must robustly invest in the research to leverage the environmental benefits of these technologies.

Thanks for calling today's hearing today on dealing with drones and with AAM.

We believe that the FAA can and should ensure a predictable regulatory framework that supports innovation.

It is important that we have a single regulator of that airspace and don't create a patchwork of rules.

Thank you very much. I will try not to take 5 minutes because I get the privilege to blow in here and blow out of here and cut in line.

With safety as the guiding principle, the 2023 FAA reauthorization is an opportunity to support U.S. innovation.

Nearly 10 years ago, this committee first explored the safe integration of new airspace entrants, including uncrewed aircraft systems--or UAS or drones--and advanced air mobility aircraft--or AAM--into the National Airspace System.

We know that this side of the aisle is not trying to shut down domestic energy production. In fact, the Inflation Reduction Act made a major investment in clean energy production in the United States to expand the use of renewable energies…

Thankfully, Congress and President Biden moved quickly to address the supply chain crisis, passing historic legislation like the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022.

If the last three years have taught us anything, it's that a robust and resilient supply chain is essential to our economic and national security.

If the last 3 years has taught us anything, it is how a robust and resilient supply chain is essential to our economic and national security.

I couldn't help but note that in one of the testimonies the passage of the law was called a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

Thanks to the BIL, communities are building a cleaner, greener, safer and more accessible transportation network.

Transportation means jobs--good, family-wage jobs that cannot be outsourced.

You cannot have a big-league economy with little league infrastructure.

Thanks to the BIL, the economy is on the move, but that is why we need to continue to see that implementation of the BIL happens.

There are great benefits to infrastructure funding, there are early results of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and there is more to come.

You cannot have a big league economy with little league infrastructure.

The fact that they have put in $20 million in the budget, and we authorized $30 million, is telling me that we have an opportunity here in Congress to fix the mistake that the Biden administration made with the budget, in my view.