mr. costello and mr. young summed it up. this is the work of many people. it is not exactly what any one of us individually would offer. the important thing is this provides them certainty in an uncertain time. this process is very difficult. the founding fathers wanted it that way. but the american people want us to get the job done. now, just to be factual, the other side again had four years in which they controlled this body, the united states senate, and two years in which they had significant majorities and the presidency. they could not get it done. they did 17 extensions. that -- let me praise mr. denazzo. i didn't see him here. he and i helped to lead the effort to pass in 2003 a bill that expired in 2007. that means for the past five years we have not had -- we have not had revised and updated policy for our aviation system and for the f.a.a. and that hurts the system. it hurts the american people. it hurts looking for safety improvements in the process. and it hurts people looking for expanded opportunities to be employed. today we heard some goo

mr. costello? >> mr. chairman, thank you. deputy secretary, to fall upon the chairman's question from the as the same same question that i said i was going to ask, but i would like to have you clarify a point. my understanding is that you are proposing that d.o.t. work with other agencies to develop a policy. does that mean for radio transmission standards in the spectrum? is the interference now between the agencies? i would talk about transmission standards, or what are we talking about? >> what we are really talking about is more generically and more broadly spectrum interference standards, where we could establish by consensus and with input from everyone who is in equity in this industry, interested observers and others, the kind of standards that would protect the gps spectrum both today and in the future. and if you look at the evolution of gps, just in the last 10 to 15 years, for example, the gps uses, especially in aviation, have gotten more and more precise and they're not safety flight issues, which requires spect

mr. costello. >> mr. chairman, thank you, to the deputy secretary porcari to fall on the trains to the question he asked the same question naturally i was going to ask, what i'd like to have you clarify a point. mica understanding is that you are proposing d.o.t. work with other agencies to develop a policy. does that mean for the radio transmission standards in the spectrum? is the interference now between the agencies are we talking about transmission standards or what are we talking about? >> what we are really talking about is more generically and broadly the specter non-interference standards where we could establish by consensus and with input from everyone who has an equity index interested observers and others, the kind of standards that would protect the gps spectrum both today and in the future and if you look at the evolution of gps, just in the last ten or 15 years for example, the gps uses specially in aviation have gotten more and more precise noss d-tn flight issues which requires the spect

mr. costello. >> mr. chairman, thank you, and i thank you for calling the hearing today. i'll submit my statement for the record. i welcome the witness, and i look forward to hearing their testimony, and with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> did you have -- >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to thank chairman petri and ranking member for holding the important hearings on a critical importance of gps to our nation's infrastructure. i'd like to welcome the witnesses and i look forward to hearing your testimony on the importance of the issue regarding the future of gps. gps is the corner stone, as you all know, of aviation systems that is in our country and any threat to gps needs to be handled with the utmost care and ensure our skies are safe. one of my key concerns has been the light squared project and how it affects gps devices. i'm very concerned the reliability of gps might be put at risk. i'll be interested to hear opinions or solutions to the situation because we need to solve all concerns before they become a problem and put lives at risk. i look forward to h

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