[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 79 (Thursday, May 21, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H5982]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    FAA REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2009

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Madam Speaker, because of competing 
responsibilities, chairing a committee dealing with the question of our 
automobile bankruptcy issues and the impact on automobile dealers and 
service providers, I missed the opportunity to join with my colleagues 
in supporting the FAA Authorization Act of 2009, H.R. 915. So I rise 
today to emphasize the importance of this legislation very quickly to 
the 18th Congressional District in Houston, and to applaud the fact of 
a flight crew fatigue provision that will allow a study on the fatigue 
of pilots in order to avoid the tragedies that have occurred in recent 
weeks and days.
  Let me also applaud the FAA personnel management system. Having met 
with air traffic controllers, it is important for the FAA to come to 
agreement with the workers and the hard workers of the air traffic 
controllers. It is time to have a labor agreement, and this bill allows 
it.
  And finally, for my constituents to have a telephone number--listen 
out, my constituents at IAH--to call if you hear that there is noise in 
the area, the airport will be required to do so.

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