Peter DeFazio actually said...

"I think most of these decisions were made by captive regulator managers in the Seattle offices, and no one in the national offices knew a damned thing about it."

"Congress must reevaluate and improve the current certification process to ensure the safety of the flying public."

"I am committed to doing everything we can to make sure we learn from any mistakes, but if we don't have a full understanding of what happened, then we're at risk of making uninformed decisions about h..."

"I question why, given this TARAM--and I don't know where it went since it didn't go to the head of safety--why the aircraft wasn't grounded once this analysis was done, as opposed to allowing the plan..."