Ray LaHood: “I urge you to not ignore the laws of this country.”

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

We cannot afford not to do it.

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.

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.