Ray LaHood: “I ask this Committee to consider it seriously and promptly.”

We cannot afford not to do it.

The reason that California wants high-speed rail is because the Governor wanted it. A Republican Governor, Governor Schwarzenegger, started that program.

The NTSB has been spending an enormous amount of time and their human capital in beginning the investigation at Reagan.

I wonder if something mechanical took place, Anderson. And, the way that it appears to be descending, it appears that they -- the pilots lost control of the plane and it descended very, very quickly.