But, Mr. Babbitt, how could they be enforced if you put a co-pilot on a plane flying into Buffalo, New York in the winter with icing, who says on the cockpit recorder, 'I've never flown in icing and I'm very nervous about this?' That…

I think a lot of this is about money, I would say to you, because you can put some very inexpensive pilots in some of those seats and save money, but I'm not sure that that's what the passengers and traveling public in this country would…

I'm going to strongly support your nomination. I told you when we met in my office, I am very pleased you have decided to accept this opportunity, but we have not had consistent leadership.

I intend to support all of you. I think you are well suited for the nominations that the President has given you.

we're going to hold some hearings. We hope the first one will be June 10, but we'll be making notice of when the hearings will be, on the issue of aviation safety.

We must proceed cautiously and with measured steps, rather than rushing headlong into carbon sequestration activities.

I would suggest the legislation be amended to include the possibility that the several states can regulate geologic sequestration activities.

Wyoming has taken the policy position that it does not make sense for the 550,000 citizens of the State of Wyoming to take liability for injected carbon dioxide.

The technology has marched ahead but the Air Traffic Control System has not.

We ought to get about the business of modernizing the Air Traffic Control System.

But as I said earlier, we're going to hold a hearing on safety, I want to do that very soon, which will include some of these issues.