Jay Rockefeller

And I guess I would pose that question of the airlines. Is that something that is affecting the delays, the on-time arrivals and everything else?

If the FAA implements measures to limit operations at airports in congested airspace, will those limits extend to general aviation airports in the same airspace?

Ninety percent of all general aviation aircraft are excluded from our bill.

There are, in life, speed readers, and there are speed speakers. You all fall in the second category.

But there have got to be some things, too, that the DOT, the FAA, that the airlines can do to make this system work better than it does.

What percentage of the delays do you think, in the New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia area can be attributed to general aviation aircraft using air traffic control resources?

I am very happy that the chairman of the Finance Committee made the comments he just did because I was absolutely bowled over by the comments which preceded him from the other side of the aisle. It is sort of basic when you say the word…

Yes. We do hope to pass the full FAA authorization this session, and it contains the EAS mileage waiver. In the interim, it is the intent of the Committee that EAS funding should continue to these airports.

the performance just continues to go down, and people are tired--I mean, I think people in--who travel regularly just think it's a race to the bottom with air service in this country.

He is talking about our bill, the bill I am now talking about. The Rockefeller-Levin bill is the bill the DNI is referring to in his statement. I am not shy about saying that; I am proud of it. The bill he provided to us last evening--that…

The head of National Intelligence has made it very clear and has issued a public statement that he supports our bill. He says: I reviewed the proposal that the House of Representatives is expected to vote on this afternoon to modify the…

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