Ray LaHood: “I believe in the carrot-and-the-stick approach, and I am not going to sit here and tell all of you what bill you ought…”

The highest segment of unemployment in America today is in the building trades, people who build roads and bridges.

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.

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

I do think that there can be new rules and regulations. And I think while we were at DOT, we promulgated some very strong rules and regulations regarding rail safety.