mr. compton. he has dedicated his entire legal career to affordable housing and community development and for many years has headed the affordable housing practice of a prominent alabama law firm. over his distinguished career, mr. compton has played a direct role in over 70 transactions that led to the creation of more than 5,000 units of affordable housing throughout the southeastern united states. among peers he has come to be recognized as an industry-leading expert on the low-income housing tax credit, the new markets tax credit, public-private partnerships, and the regulatory environment surrounding housing production. mr. compton's extensive track record his experience, and intimate familiarity with h.u.d. programs make him an ideal fit to join the leadership team at h.u.d. as general counsel mr. compton will not only serve as the principal legal advisor to secretary carson but will have a hand in nearly every departmental initiative. once confirmed i look forward to working with mr. compto

mr. speaker. general aviation flights such as those that fly out of compton-woodley airport in my district are integral to our nation's aviation system. this bill seeks to improve and streamline security measures for general aviation and commercial charter air carriers. portantly, h.r. 3669 incorporated two key democratic amendmentes that were adopted with bipartisan support. first, an amendment from the gentlelady from new jersey, mrs. watson coleman, ensures that the aviation security advisory committee can continue to operate independently and clarifies that the t.s.a. administrator retains the authority to make security decisions. as amended, the bill would drive t.s.a. to move swiftly to act upon recommendations with which it concurs that the t.s.a.'sed a vidsery committee ish -- t.s.a. advisory committee issued regarding security. second, the bill incorporates an amendment by representative bennie thompson, our ranking member, to require t.s.a. to conduct a feasibility study of requiring security threat assessments for all candidates seeking flight school training to operate a large aircraft. suc