This roundtable brought widespread media attention to the issue and finally prompted the CEO of Eulen America, Mr. Xavier Rabell, to request a meeting.

I was worried he would be fired for vocally raising his concerns about the unsafe working conditions he had described to me.

If this company is willing to intimidate an elected official, I can only imagine what they are willing to do to employees who need these jobs to pay the rent and put food on the table for their families.

MIA is the property of the residents of Miami-Dade County and I am one of the officials these residents have elected to represent their interests at the airport.

I look forward to the testimony of the witnesses and the answers to my questions

It was very disturbing to read numerous reports on Boeing decisions such as designing MCAS to rely on input from a single angle-of-attack sensor...

the certification of this aircraft failed to detect technical problems from which even experienced pilots could not recover

we must ensure that the planes that are certified to fly go through the most comprehensive certification process modernly available

the Boeing 737 MAX was marketed as a safe, modern airplane; however, after two major failures and hundreds of people losing their lives, we now know that the 737 MAX is not a safe plane

the operational implications of the grounding and safety certification of the Boeing 737 MAX are literally a matter of life and death

There is a process in place and it is called impeachment in Haiti.

The international community must invest in Haiti.