"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."
"It seems like that we have certification problems left and right."
"the 2023 FAA reauthorization is an opportunity to support U.S. innovation, foster sustainability, and improve U.S. global leadership."
"So, it ends up being a national security and a homeland security issue?"
"I just wanted to bring that up and just get it on the record because it may be something that we have to discuss..."
"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."
"We appreciate Chairman Graves (R-LA) and Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA) for their work on the Advanced Aviation Infrastructure Modernization (AAIM) Act."
"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."
"Transportation means jobs--good, family-wage jobs that cannot be outsourced."
"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."