Frank LoBiondo: “Many will have to hire lawyers or consultants to navigate the ridiculously complicated reporting requirements.”

Our system is extremely safe; last year, nearly 850 million passengers boarded passenger aircraft within or flying to the United States and, due to the hard work of all of you and others in the aviation sector, there were no fatalities on…

we have to do better here in Congress, and I hope today's hearing will give us a solid path for how we should progress with a strong bipartisan bill.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. General, thanks to you and your team for the outstanding work and service to our country.

Last year's efforts by some in Congress to force the Federal Government off the fiscal cliff was not only--was a catastrophe for the everyday operation of the national airspace.