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FEATURED REMARKS M E E T I N G T I P S Know the upsides of your "ask" and any potential downsides. Staffers appreciate candor. via cq roll call HON. DAN ELWELL Daniel K. Elwell is the Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In this capacity, he is responsible for the safety and efficiency of the largest aerospace system in the world — a system that operates more than 50,000 flights per day. Prior to serving as Acting Administrator, Mr. Elwell was the Deputy Administrator of the FAA. President Trump announced the appointment of Mr. Elwell as the Deputy Administrator in June 2017 and he was sworn in to office on June 26, 2017. Elwell previously served at the FAA as the Assistant Administrator for Policy, Planning, and Environment from 2006-2008. Most recently, he was Senior Advisor on Aviation to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao. From 2013-2015, as Senior Vice President for Safety, Security, and Operations at Airlines for America (A4A), Elwell was responsible for leading the advancement of commercial aviation safety and security excellence for major U.S. air carriers. Prior to A4A, Elwell was Vice President of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) from 2008-2013. In this role, Elwell represented civil aerospace manufacturers and led policy development and advocacy for the civil aerospace manufacturing interests of more than 300 AIA member companies. Elwell was a commercial pilot for 16 years with American Airlines, flying DC-10, MD-80, and B-757/767 aircraft. SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER U.S. Senator Charles "Chuck" Schumer was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1974. In 1980, Chuck was elected as a congressman from the 9th Congressional District. He represented the 9th CD in Brooklyn and Queens for 18 years. In 1998, Chuck was elected to the U.S. Senate; he became New York's senior senator when Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan retired in 2000. He has dedicated his career to being a tireless fighter for New York. From authoring a permanent tax credit to offset the rising costs of college tuition, protecting Social Security and Medicare to encouraging job-creating infrastructure projects, Sen. Schumer has made it a hallmark of his career to protect the middle class and those working to reach it — including finding common sense solutions to national issues. After New Yorkers re-elected him in 2004, Chuck secured two powerful posts: a seat on the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees the nation's tax, trade, social security, and healthcare legislation, and the Chairmanship of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC). Following the elections of 2006, then- Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) appointed Chuck to serve as Vice Chair of the Democratic Conference, the number three position on the Democratic Leadership team. In 2016, Chuck was once again re-elected by the people of New York and at the same time, his colleagues elected him to serve as Leader of the Democratic Caucus, the first time a New York Senator has held the position. REP. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen represents Florida's 27th Congressional District, a diverse area which includes Coral Gables, Cutler Bay, Key Biscayne, Little Havana, Miami, Miami Beach, Pinecrest, South Miami, and Westchester. Prior to being elected, she began her career as a Florida certified teacher. In 1982, she was elected to the Florida State House of Representatives and the Florida Senate in 1986, becoming the first Hispanic woman to serve in either body. In 1989, she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first Hispanic woman to serve in Congress, following a special election to fill the seat held by the late Claude Pepper. She has been strongly returned to Congress since. She is Chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and is now Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa. She also serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to help ensure our nation has the best intelligence gathering capabilities and processes to determine actionable threats. REP. NITA LOWEY Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey is currently serving her 15th term in Congress, representing parts of Westchester and Rockland counties, New York. She was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1988. At the beginning of the 113th Congress, Congresswoman Lowey was selected by her colleagues to be the Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee. She is the first woman to lead either party on the House Appropriations Committee. Lowey has led the effort to make our nation more secure by improving first responders' preparedness and equipment and preparing for a possible avian flu pandemic. She has worked to increase health care access and biomedical research and spearheaded the effort to more than double funding for breast cancer research. A strong proponent of education, she has successfully fought efforts to cut funding for public broadcasting and has supported fully funding the federal government's commitment to education at all levels. 5

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