Roy Blunt actually said...

"Did you say that more people are taken off planes or not put on planes because of weight and safety issues than that you sold more seats?"

"the last thing a paying airline customer should expect is to be physically taken off an airline."

"The IT systems of airlines are failing and causing prolonged confusion and delays, and passengers with disabilities--and that's why I'm glad you put in the disabled veterans' letter--they're having to..."

"What I'm worried about--is this a consequence of all the mergers so that we only have a handful of airlines, and they basically don't have the competition?"