Alan Lowenthal: “Putting all your chips on fossil fuels I think now is a bad bet, and we need to at least address those issues.”

From NTSB's standpoint, lives are priceless. And all lives--we should do everything we can to save lives and to prevent tragedy.

Gulf Coast communities are also on the front lines of climate change, and sea-level rise, erosion, flooding, and more powerful storms will continue to wreak havoc until we reduce our emissions.

I have no further requests at this time. I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I believe the only response to this is to make sure that the fleet is big enough and flexible enough to meet congressional requirements.