Safety is the highest priority, and we have to regularly examine our safety programs.

I just--I find that interesting, that in this case the planes didn't turn round.

It is important that we, as I said, learn, and that we make air travel even safer.

You know, we shouldn't have to have tragedies to change the rules, if the rules need to be changed.

You got to know how to fly the plane, fly the plane.

It shouldn't have happened. So they deserve answers and accountability, as does the flying public in the United States and worldwide.

We need to be very careful to make sure that we are not acting on emotion, that we are not making this political, that we are operating on facts.

I caution those who want to blame FAA's process that jumping to conclusions only serves to erode confidence in the U.S. aviation system.

the most important safety feature you can have in any aircraft is a well-trained pilot that can fly the aircraft, regardless of what the investigations conclude.

I would like to thank the gentleman from Florida for hosting this important Special Order today. The United States is currently facing a very real and dangerous threat from the People's Republic of China. The Chinese Government is not just…

But any actions Congress or regulators consider have to be based on facts, and not panicked desire just to do something.

The U.S. aviation system is the world's safest thanks to FAA's leadership.

We need to take every single lesson we can extract from these accidents and make sure that we learn from them.

It is important that we set the record straight. It is important that we, as I said, learn, and that we make air travel even safer.

We come back to it, and we keep coming back to it, and forgetting that, you know, once they set those throttles to full power, they never retired them.

jumping to conclusions only serves to erode confidence in the U.S. aviation system when the safety record absolutely speaks for itself.

The aircraft actually accelerated to between 450 to 500 knots, which is far beyond the maximum speed, certified speed, of the MAX 8 of 340 knots.

If you can imagine driving down the road in a car going 100 miles an hour and trying to push the door open, you know what I am talking about.