Differences into opportunities, richness and strength. Prevent us from turning them into sources of division, polarization, hate and bigotry. The most merciful one, this incredible diverse nation of ours is one of the most successful attempts to understand your wisdom in creating us different. We are far from being perfect, but came a long way in creating a multicultural, multireligious and Pluralistic Society by making in america, you will be judged by what you do, not by who you are, as one of our foundational promise. The most compassionate one, help us to preserve our achievements in this regard. Do not let the Destructive Forces of division and exclusion erode our ideals. Our Firm Commitment to diversity and pluralism. Empower us and these legislators to further improve the culture of inclusion and welcome to all in our nation and beyond. The most forgiving one, even if and when we forget you, please do not forget us. In your most holy and beautiful names we pray. Amen. The speake
Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States accompanied by the secretary of transportation. [applause] vice pres. Pence secretary, leader mccarthy, chairman bill shuster, senator cruz, distinguished members of congress, honored guests, on behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. [applause] and thanks to the leadership of president donald trump, welcome to the beginning of a new era for american infrastructure. [applause] since the first day of this administration, President Trump has been working tirelessly to keep the promises that he made to the American People. Our president s been putting jobs and this economy first, rolling back excessive regulations, unleashing american energy, ending unfair trade practices, and hes been working with congress to repeal and replace obamacare. And thanks to president donald trump, america is back. [applause] american businesses are growing and investing in america again. More than 600,000 private sector jobs have be
Good morning. I want to welcome the secretary back today. This is her first times since being confirmed. I want to thank you for appearing before us today to discuss the reauthorization. We are working hard on a bipartisan basis to produce a bill hopefully during this work. How and we appreciate the administrations engagement. Already this year the committee has held hearings on a range of topics underpinning the effort including safety, drone policy, aircraft certification, consumer concerns and infrastructure financing. One of the key issues we have not yet focused on but has been discussed over the last two years and occurs in other parts of the world is whether the United States should separate the air traffic fund from the faa and create a nongovernmental notforprofit corporation to do the job. T the faa runs a safe operation that outside auditors have teamed up a performance on delivering safety and efficiency upgrades prompting a debate as to the best path forward to realize the
Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States accompanied by the secretary of transportation. [applause] vice pres. Pence secretary, leader mccarthy, chairman bill shuster, senator cruz, distinguished members of congress, honored guests, on behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. [applause] and thanks to the leadership of president donald trump, welcome to the beginning of a new era for american infrastructure. [applause] since the first day of this administration, President Trump has been working tirelessly to keep the promises that he made to the American People. Our president s been putting jobs and this economy first, rolling back excessive regulations, unleashing american energy, ending unfair trade practices, and hes been working with congress to repeal and replace obamacare. And thanks to president donald trump, america is back. [applause] american businesses are growing and investing in america again. More than 600,000 private sector jobs have be
Good morning. I want to welcome the secretary back today. This is her first times since being confirmed. I want to thank you for appearing before us today to discuss the reauthorization. We are working hard on a bipartisan basis to produce a bill hopefully during this work. How and we appreciate the administrations engagement. Already this year the committee has held hearings on a range of topics underpinning the effort including safety, drone policy, aircraft certification, consumer concerns and infrastructure financing. One of the key issues we have not yet focused on but has been discussed over the last two years and occurs in other parts of the world is whether the United States should separate the air traffic fund from the faa and create a nongovernmental notforprofit corporation to do the job. T the faa runs a safe operation that outside auditors have teamed up a performance on delivering safety and efficiency upgrades prompting a debate as to the best path forward to realize the