[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 11, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H195]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AIRPORT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS

  (Mr. HIMES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HIMES. Mr. Speaker, once again, this morning, thousands of 
Americans found themselves in airports staring at delayed and canceled 
flights. This comes barely 3 weeks after tens of thousands of 
Americans, and many of my own constituents, missed the holidays because 
of the catastrophe on the part of the airlines, the airlines that got 
billions of dollars in this Chamber from the American people barely 2 
years ago. This is how the airlines repay the support that this 
institution gave to them so that they could get through COVID.
  Now, the private markets will presumably address the failures of 
Southwest and other airlines. What happened this morning was a failure 
of government. The Notice to Air Missions is a function of the FAA.
  I would like to point out that after last week, when we heard 
constant cries for cuts to the budget, understand, my friends, cuts to 
the budget means that we underinvest in the infrastructure that my 
constituents were relying on this morning. As we think about the budget 
in the next 2 years, let's remember what happened this morning.

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