i would like to thank senate legislative counsel, specifically john gettchris, ruth ernst and c.j. murphy who worked long hours and late nights to make this bill happen. and now, mr. president, i look forward to going to ronald reagan national airport, getting on an airplane and flying home to texas. i yield the floor. ms. cantwell: mr. president, i, too, with a partisan to the thanks our colleagues for their hard work and their overwhelming support for the passage of this legislation. this legislation will now hopefully go to our house colleagues on the consent calendar on tuesday and then very shortly after that to the president's desk. this is historic bipartisan, bicameral legislation that not only invests in the federal aviation administration but the national safety transportation board for the next five years. it is a record reauthorization to make sure that our safety regulators and our safety investigators make aviation the safety gold standard of the world. this bill not only provides those authorizations, but i believe it helps give consumers the right kind of refunds fo