Garret Graves actually said...

"This latest Boeing challenge comes as your agency is tasked with not only implementing a historic, thousand-page FAA Reauthorization bill--a mandate that is without a doubt time-consuming and staff in..."

"It is no secret--and we talk about it in almost every aviation hearing--that the United States has the gold standard of aviation."

"But that can't happen again. Regardless of the challenges facing FAA and Boeing, the FAA must be able to walk and chew gum at the same time."

"We are here today because it is no secret that America's gold standard in aviation safety is under the microscope, and the FAA's role in conducting safety oversight is paramount."