Ray LaHood: “We are not just asking--we are not just writing reports and filing them away. We are hiring workers, laying track, and…”

I think that was a very, very good decision.

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.

We cannot afford not to do it.

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