He is the governor and he thinks it's important for the future, whether he's here or not,

Since 1995, Governor Pataki has said he wanted the Port Authority to return to its core mission of transportation,

The governor thinks it's a very important issue to be in D.C. to testify before the committee on all of the actions Texas took between Hurricane Katrina and Rita and the financial impact those actions had on our state and continue to have on our state.

That was why we privatized the World Trade Center, by means of a 99-year net lease.

It took 14 years of planning to bring us Times Square, ... We think we have done quite a bit in a short period of time.

Although there are substantial issues that would need to be resolved, this proposal could also be a serious first step towards resolving long-standing issues involving the New York airports and Port Authority leases with the city for the airport property.