Rick Larsen

You know, for all my life I have thought if only my birthday we could have a hearing on air traffic control staffing.

I agree with the distinguished gentleman from Texas that Russia has changed. The threat of loose nuclear material has not changed. Nuclear material in Russia is far more vulnerable than in the United States, and stolen nuclear material…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 995, line 2, strike ``to be new and emergency in nature'' and insert ``will significantly reduce the…

I think it is critical for the committee to hear a few takeaways from that meeting.

Breaking apart the FAA at a time when it is making real and important strides as far as NextGen implementation would be unwise.

I still continue to believe that privatizing the ATC in the U.S. would be a science experiment with a lot of potential to go wrong.

I ask support for this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Larsen), as modified. The amendment, as modified, was agreed to…

Mr. Whitaker, in previous meetings I have had within the office, private industry technology folks have suggested to me to--that they require registration of the product that individuals purchase, and then share that information with the…

I am pleased we are here this morning to address this important and timely topic of the safety of UAS in the national airspace.

We have no further speakers, so I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 944. I yield back the balance of my time.

I would encourage folks to vote for en bloc 7, and I yield back the balance of my time.

May I inquire how much time I have left? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has 5 minutes remaining.

We must make sure the FAA authorization is not a science experiment because with 2 million passengers in the skies on any given day, we must remember what is at stake if we make changes to our safe air traffic control system.

Make it 60. You pick the three you do not want.

Safety is and must be the FAA's number one priority, certainly is mine, I know it is yours as well.

But we rise to challenges; we do not shrink from them.

I look forward to working with you and Chairman LoBiondo and all of my colleagues to get a bill done on time, one that improves safety and keeps our aviation system the envy of the world.

Aerospace is the State's largest exporting sector, accounting for over 40 percent of the State's exports in 2011.

In my home State of Washington, about 650 aerospace companies support as many as 209,000 jobs.

Domestic aviation manufacturing... is one of the major reasons why the aviation industry in this country is such a powerful economic engine.

U.S. aviation is vital to our economy.

Congressman Rick Larsen and Senator Patty Murray were vocal in their criticism.

Concerns about CSB's problem have been bipartisan.

The facts bear out the allegations we heard from current and former CSB employees.

There is no silver bullet to resolving this issue.