Rick Larsen

At some point would the list of applicants be made public? How are you approaching that?

So I guess what I am implicitly suggesting is that, you know, a little bit more pressure may need to be applied to the FAA in order to try to get these regulations happening more frequently.

Being the ranking member on the Aviation Subcommittee, I really have questions regarding the role of aerial surveillance and sort of the immediate response, as well as an evaluation of disaster and what to do next.

No one expected the administration to completely turn off the funding spigot.

We were not successful in the House appropriations bill in securing dollars for Lynnwood.

I am one of those voters who voted for the variety of taxes that we raised for the Sound Transit 3.

So anybody on the panel, there is just no doubt of the Jones Act has not been a barrier to getting relief supplies to Puerto Rico.

NextGen implementation hasn't been solid. It--to be--that is being nice about it. It has been fits and starts.

The U.S. taxpayer, in my view, shouldn't be paying that not-for-profit, nongovernmental corporation to capitalize it.

But--and this is an imperfect analogy, but if I bought a house and I paid off my mortgage, if I want to--if someone wants it, they just don't get it because I have already--if I am a symbol of the U.S. taxpayer--I have already paid for it.

So including the real property of the air traffic control system capital input, is it your position, then, the assets are worth zero dollars?

I just think on--you know, we are looking for victories on infrastructure. This is one where everybody could claim a victory if we can get past this, this hangup.

We had broad, bipartisan agreement on about 80 to 90 percent of the FAA reauthorization bill.

I think this is the most exciting hearing of the day on Capitol Hill, by the way.

Our bill fixes every problem identified by aviation system stakeholders, and does not engage in the science experiment of air traffic control privatization...

Yesterday Ranking Member DeFazio and I were joined by every Democratic member of this committee in introducing H.R. 2800, the Aviation Funding Stability Act...

We need to improve our airport infrastructure across the country. We need to ensure the safety of the system and the fair treatment of the flying public.

Understanding current protections and then identifying any gaps will be critical as we develop meaningful improvements in consumer protections for the flying public.

What happened on United Express 3411 cannot happen again.

We must recognize the importance of improving air travel for persons with disabilities.

The Know Before You Fly Act would ensure that airlines remain transparent when it comes to baggage fees.

Well, if it is anything like the Obama administration, it will be zeroed out, and then we will have to put money back into it.

The administration has not submitted a full fiscal year 2018 budget proposal yet, sir.

I think that if I got my numbers right as well on small shipyards, again, $4.9 million in 2016 funding nine projects.

I want to emphasize that, and the Coast Guard has never forgotten that.