Roy Blunt

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?

So many of the passengers now have become self-described detectives by using their cell phone to record incidents where their fellow passengers are being unfairly or unjustly treated.

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?

If I have anything to do with it as the Ranking Member of the Full Committee, this Committee is not going to sit back with a wait-and-see approach.

I have 7 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I want to follow up on the remarks that have just been made by our friend from South Dakota. During his first 100 days in office, President Trump has wasted no time in fulfilling one of his key promises and one of those promises that is…

I want to talk about what we are doing today and how important it is, how unique it is in the history of the country. Since 1789, 112 people have served on the Supreme Court. It is hard not to be reminded today, as we vote for the…

I think we put a lot on the record today.

I think we have put a lot of information on the record today with the help of our witnesses.

The Alaska Air Carriers Association (AACA) is a membership organization whose mission is to support and advocate for the commercial aviation community.

Senator Cantwell and I are both committed to having the best bill we can possibly produce.

I think we have to figure out how we qualify what creates the safest pilot here as much as we can and err on the side of that rather than on the side of just accumulating time.

we're seeing this great opportunity, and world food demand doubling in 35 years or so

we had a provision in there that I wrote that streamlined the permitting process for railroads

the vast majority of the American public would not recognize how difficult it is to put a dollar in the ground in the United States if you're a railroad

I certainly agree with the comments just made by our friend from Oklahoma in looking back at the history of the Court. The 200 years of giving judges a vote really is an important thing for us to understand, as hopefully enough Members of…

It is always face-to-face?

How about in the Navy, is it always face-to-face, or do you have an option of talking to a tele-health person?

I come today to talk about the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Once again, throughout the hearings last week, Judge Gorsuch proved that he has the knowledge, he has the temperament, and he has the…

How about in the Army, General West?

Let's just go right down the list.

It is something to think about as another option, but tele-health generally is a big issue.

I wonder what the record is for being the number one priority and never get to it.

Your point is that it had already been certified, the exact same system, to go into other aircraft?

This really is a partnership, and partners do not always agree on everything, but they still have to be partners.