[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12286]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CONDEMNING ANTI-SAFETY LEGISLATION

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, today the House will vote on legislation to 
block all new Federal regulations. I'm concerned that this bill would 
damage our ability to improve aviation safety, which the bipartisan 
western New York delegation has long promoted.
  We fought alongside the families of Flight 3407, who lost loved ones 
in a preventable air crash near Buffalo. Due to their passion and 
dedication, Congress passed historic aviation safety reforms 2 years 
ago. But this bill would prevent many of those reforms from becoming 
reality.
  Our colleague, Kathy Hochul attempted to offer an amendment to 
protect these reforms from this moratorium. Inexplicably, the Rules 
Committee blocked her amendment. These reforms have the support of both 
parties, but now partisan politics is getting in the way of lifesaving 
regulations. I urge the defeat of this anti-safety legislation.

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