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Providing for Consideration of H.r. 3823, Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017, and Providing for Consideration of Motions to Suspend the Rules

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 27, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Transportation

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Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for yielding.

Mr. Speaker, this bill is full of provisions that could pass in regular order, and I am afraid of using the FAA reauthorization, running out of time, again, because the planes can't fly if controllers are not in the air.

The FAA bill contains a lot of important provisions that our constituents are crying out for. Among them, airplane noise, which is ruining communities across the United States. A study of the health impact of that noise is as important as DACA, which we should pass, and I think could pass. And there are other provisions which would pass on regular order.

The FAA reauthorization bill is not the bill to fool around with. We have had too many near misses by letting these short-term extensions pile up on us. Pass a straight FAA reauthorization bill.

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