Aviation Supply Chain Safety and Security Digitization Act of 2025

Floor Speech

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 6267, the Aviation Supply Chain Safety and Security Digitization Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by my friends Representative Knott of North Carolina and Representative Scholten of Michigan.

U.S. innovation, economic growth, and global leadership are impossible without our Nation's aerospace industry. This is an industry that is particularly relevant to me representing Mobile, my hometown, where we are the proud home to an Airbus facility.

Unfortunately, the last few years have taught us, through a pandemic, tariffs, and quality control issues, just how much supply chain disruptions can spiral and compound. It is essential that Congress take this lesson and pass legislation to reduce the risk of these compounding disruptions from happening in the future.

H.R. 6267 directs the GAO to study the impediments to the use of digital documentation and verification in the aviation supply chain to aid in identifying falsified documentation and counterfeit parts.

As a major driver of the U.S. economy, we must ensure that aerospace supply chains remain resilient. To achieve that, we must also remove any unnecessary or antiquated barriers where we can.

This bill will help Congress find ways to expedite the aerospace supply chains digital transition. I support this legislation and urge my colleagues to do the same. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, we must learn from past lessons, as Representative Knott just explained the incident that happened in 2023. We have the tools at our disposal to be able to deal with this, to be able to better secure our supply chain in the aerospace industry, and we have an obligation to do so.

That is why I support H.R. 6267, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.

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