"If air traffic control isn't an inherently Government function, what is?"
"Completely disrupting the ATC system and splitting up the FAA will probably set back NextGen implementation by quite a few years."
"OK. Thank you."
"I mean, when I served a number of years ago, we found significant problems in the integrity of that program."
"Right, which are double-blind, triple-blind, lawyers' offices and--yes."
"Thanks for holding this. I served 8 years on the House Committee on Homeland Security, and a lot of these programs were very much a work in progress when I served there."
"Excellent. Very good."
"We need a source of funds. Otherwise, you know, these cleanups aren't going to happen."
"I have worked on this issue for many years. I have an abandoned mine in my district, Formosa Mine, which I have visited, which is producing 10 million gallons a year of acid drainage, and it has destr..."
"It is time to get real about the magnitude of this problem."
"I mean we take down one plane with one of these toys that someone is operating irresponsibly, or a terrorist uses, we are going to--this industry is going to grind to a halt altogether."