Peter DeFazio actually said...

"He thinks it will be a mistake--and I am paraphrasing--but we are now on the cusp of a 21st-century system that will be the envy of the world."

"The only thing that gets moved is the ATO, and the ATO would be moved and essentially effectively controlled by the airlines."

"They can set user fees. User fees I consider to be taxes."

"I am proposing to give the FAA Administrator that authority free of OMB and secretarial interference."