04/08/2019
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"We cannot afford to wait for accidents to occur to make travel and our transportation system safer."
"The stupid Government shutdown and all the damage that caused at the FAA, the disruption it caused at the FAA."
"Mike Capuano did a great job, got it in the bill. We held it, against the wishes of some of the airlines and those in the Senate, and we persevered."
"I tried for a number of years to say, you have got this archaic mandate from the thirties that was moved over from the Civil Aeronautics Board to the FAA, that you both promote and regulate the indust..."