Professor of aeronautics at stamford university. Deputy administer whitaker, you are recognized for your statemen statement. Chairman lobiondo, members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss could you pull your mic closer. To discuss Unmanned Aircraft. The popularity and variety of Unmanned Aircraft having increased dramatically. Many uses are becoming commonplace today including surveying agriculture and evaluating damage caused by natural disasters. Uas play an increasingly Important Role in Law Enforcement, firefighting and border protection. At the same time, the demand for recreational drones has exceeded anyones expectations. This demand is driven in large part by individuals who are completely new do the aviation experience. They are not necessarily the traditional model airplane operators, members of clubs who follow safety guidelines and rules. These entrants are unaware they are operating in shared airspace. The proliferation of sma
i think that s what makes this really stink to high heaven. so there are constitutional problems, there s statutory problems, there s ethics problems, and you have to ask why would donald trump and his justice department risk all of that, and there can only be one answer and it s because they re afraid of mueller. please tell the story about how last week you were arguing a case in federal court and sessions name was part of the title of the case as attorney general. by the time you got out of court, he was no longer the ag, and more importantly, make the tie between the fact that whitt kerr whitaker s name now is, and because he wasn t senate confirmed, this could affect some federal cases? i don t think you need to be that creative. i think it s going to affect every federal case. last week i was arguing the sanctions city challenge to president trump and the case is called city of philadelphia versus sessions, or that s what it was called when i walked in at 2:00 p.m.