Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 115 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 115 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 163 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 No. 154 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was Now, why are we here? If that is true, then the airlines are called to order by the Speaker pro tem- We are here because the chairman of costing American consumers $11.5 bil- pore (Mr. BRAT). the committee insists that we must lion a year because they themselves f privatize the air traffic control of the won’t clean up their acts. United States, the largest, most com- Again, they go on about ATO. How DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO plex, safest, most advanced system in many times have their dispatch and TEMPORE the world, to make it even better. Un- reservation systems crashed in the last The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- fortunately, he does not enjoy support 5 years? fore the House the following commu- adequate to get this bill through. He Dozens of times, stranding millions nication from the Speaker: delayed the bill in the last Congress be- of people. WASHINGTON, DC, cause he didn’t have the votes, and the How many times has the entire ATC September 26, 2017. bill has been delayed multiple times in in the United States of America gone I hereby appoint the Honorable DAVE BRAT this Congress. It has bipartisan opposi- down? to act as Speaker pro tempore on this day. tion, and the Senate isn’t even think- PAUL D.
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