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May 08, 2024Ranking Member Larsen Floor Statement on FAA Extension
—The following are floor remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) on House passage of H.R. 8289, the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2024, Part II, to extend the authorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):I rise in support of H.R. 8289, which extends the authorization of the FAA and its related authorities for one week, to give the Senate the time it needs to wrap up its consideration… Continue Reading
May 08, 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY: T&I Democrats and Safety Advocates to Host Press Conference on Ending Traffic Fatalities
—Wednesday, May 15, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA), Members of Congress, and transportation safety advocates will host a press conference during Infrastructure Week on ending traffic fatalities. In 2023, more than 44,000 people died from traffic crashes in the United States, representing a public safety epidemic. Members of Congress will join family members of victims to call for more investments, building on the Bipartisan Infrastru… Continue Reading
May 08, 2024
What They Are Saying: Wide Array of Aviation Leaders Support Bipartisan, Bicameral FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
Washington, D.C. - Last week, leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee announced an agreement on a comprehensive, bipartisan, bicameral bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for five years, and numerous aviation industry leaders and stakeholders have since expressed their support for the agreement. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 includes many provisions from similar FAA legislatio… Continue Reading
Aviation safety and 5G can coexist, but stakeholders must work together
By Chairs DeFazio and Larsen The rollout of our country's 5G wireless network has been marked by delays, dysfunction and denial. It didn't have to be this way! In 2019, aviation stakeholders, policymakers like us and safety advocates loudly warned it would be a grave mistake to turn on 5G without first ensuring that interference from these powerful networks wouldn't adversely impact aviation safety. Unfortunately, the Federal Communications Commission ignored and even mocked these concern… Continue Reading
November 23, 2021
Thanks to President Biden, infrastructure is bipartisan again — it needs to stay that way
July 21, 2021
Wall Street is boosting profits in railroads with new technology. But it’s ignoring the drawbacks
In a commentary published in Fortune earlier this month, Ike Brannon and Michael F. Gorman took great liberties in trying to debunk my concerns with precision scheduled railroading (PSR). Please allow me to set the record straight. I have served on the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for 34 years, crafting public policy through seven different presidential administrations, both Democratic and Republican. Freight transportation is critical to our economy. The ability to… Continue Reading