[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E613]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING BRIAN WEILER ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                           HON. ERIC BURLISON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 24, 2026

  Mr. BURLISON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Brian Weiler, a 
U.S. Marine Corps veteran, who has served as the Director of Aviation 
at the Springfield-Branson National Airport since 2011.
  Prior to his time at the airport, Brian worked for the Missouri 
Department of Transportation (MoDOT) for 15 years. Before that, he 
managed airports in Kansas and Florida.
  Brian held progressively higher leadership roles in state, county, 
and city governments for more than 30 years and is a member of the City 
of Springfield's leadership team. His accomplishments include 
negotiating with American Airlines to finance and construct a new 
maintenance base at Springfield's airport, partnering with Ozarks Tech 
to start a flight school that tripled enrollment in its first five 
years, and transforming an unprofitable 100,000-square-foot former 
airline terminal into a significant non-aeronautical revenue source and 
regional economic asset with 100-percent occupancy and more than 1,000 
employees.
  The Springfield-Branson National Airport is the hub I use to fly to 
Washington, D.C., and back each week, and I am most thankful for 
Brian's oversight of the airport. It is an important economic driver to 
Missouri's 7th Congressional District, and I am so appreciative that he 
is a constituent. I wish him the best in his retirement and the next 
chapter of his life.

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