the national transportation association and many others. i suggested that there be a public memorial. is very touching and very moving, this kind of an event. it will be sometime in the next coming months. if this is at all possible, we can dedicate this to concern and be in conjunction with that. and we can support this incredible man that we all miss very much. members? >> i would like to move this item? you have your leadership on doing something appropriate for our colleague, and they have also been very helpful in this process. i will say briefly, he was a true transit man. very patient colleague. he knew more than all of us did, and he was always very sweet with his advice and gentle even when we were wrong. i'm sure he is enjoying his new job of telling saint peter how to run his chariots service better. i would just say briefly, he had an encyclopedic knowledge of transportation. the combined it with a boyish enthusiasm for it. the best way to summarize that, i saw him as with my little boy. >> he has left a big void here for us. i r

members of the committee, thank you for allowing the association to address the distinguished assembly. i am here to speak for legislation, h.r. 1505, national security and federal transportation act. this bill is brilliant in its simplicity. why? the primary purpose of border security is to ensure national security and promote public safety for all americans including border patrol agents. each of you represent constituents, talents and communities affected by illegal immigration and drug smuggling. no community in the united states is safe from transnational criminals and criminal organizations. as long as the external borders of the united states remain open, they will continue to come. the level of violence these groups are capable of and routinely employed is incomprehensible to any civilized person. border patrol agents in arizona spend a significant amount of time patrolling public lands because much of the land among the arizona border is public land. these agents report the department of homeland security and customs and border protection are intentionally misrepresenting the situation on the southern order, especially concerning the relative safety of the area a numb

administrator from t 2002-2007 and chairman of the national transportation safety board from 2001-02 and currentle president and ceo of thent aerospace industry association.. >> caller: congratulations on all those accomplishments. i have a question.n is it true that boeing will ber building a plant in china? furthermore, i am curious about the restrictions or the agreements that are made with china. i heard that once our tha corporation does build a plantlt there that the intellectual property rights and patents it jointly owns by the corporation and the state of china. and is that true? >> host: man. >> guest: until you, i am not familiar with any requirements that you are laying out from thh standpoint of the chinesees government and the way those agreement work. i think it very much depends on technology, on what kind of manufacturing is going on. and i'm not familiar that boeing is building a new plant in china. they are building a new plant in south carolina. everyone is very excited.eyre this will be the second plan foe the 787 streamliner, and it indicates what a robust program that is because in fact you're going to see huge numbers of aircraft