"I note the airlines aren't here today, perhaps because they haven't looked so great recently in public."
"You leave the most vital thing that is important to the American public, which is safety and oversight of safety, subject to sequestration, shutdowns, and political meddling."
"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."
"If we had the FAA with its current funding sources, 97 percent projected over the next 10 years, so just a few efficiencies would get us to 100 percent self-funded without meddling, exempt them from s..."
"I just want to point out in the DoD memo there is a sentence, 'And recognizes the potential risks regarding DoD's national security responsibilities.'"
"The one that says air traffic control is an inherently governmental function."
"We also need to direct infrastructure improvements into the regions of the country that will produce the most benefits, like the Northeast Corridor."
"So we have got one, and we are going to be there, too."