...H R 620: Climate Stewardship Act of 2007, addressing the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
...From a press release (it's short, so I'm pasting the whole thing):
Mitchell to address airport delays, mishandled baggage
Will Raise Issue as Transportation Secretary Mary Peters Testifies before House Transportation Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Harry Mitchell said he looked forward to finding out more information about a troubling decrease in airline on-time performance as well a reported increase in mishandled luggage at today's House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing where Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, an Arizona native, is scheduled to testify.
According to today's Washington Post, "Airlines' on-time performance dropped for the fifth year in a row in 2006, with one in four flights arriving late or not at all, according to data released yesterday by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics."[Source: Washington Post, Feb. 8, 2007]
"The airlines also mishandled a massive amount of luggage - 4 million bags, or 6.7 for every 1000 passengers, the industry's worst rate since 1990." [Source: Washington Post, Feb. 8, 2007]
"I look forward to hearing from Secretary Peters about how Congress can help herbring airline passengers better on-time performance and better baggage handling," said Mitchell, a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee on Aviation. "If there is one person who knows Arizona 's transportation needs it is Secretary Peters, and I look forward to working with her on this and many other issues."
...This Saturday, February 10, Congressman Mitchell will "meet and greet" constituents at the Changing Hands Bookstore at 9:00 a.m. The store is located at the southeast corner of McClintock and Guadaloupe in Tempe. Contact the store at 480-730-0205 for more details.
Note: even without the Congressman's presence, Changing Hands is a great bookstore. Whether or not you can attend Saturday morning, the store is worthy of a visit.
Note2: I'm sure that Stacy at AZCW will post the results of today's roll call votes this evening.
....In other CD5 news, JD Hayworth spoke in Scottsdale yesterday, and afterwards, spoke to AZ Rep-ster David Madrid (he's handling Plugged In now that Dan Nowicki has been assigned to be the Rep's chief McCain cheerleader). Madrid's coverage is here.
Apparently, he wasn't a blowhard, and he did state that he "isn't done with public service" but was coy about which office (s) he might run for in future.
Later!
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