Peter DeFazio

For too long global marine carriers have been able to evade complying with emission control standards.

Thank you, Chairman Maloney, I commend you for taking up the topic of 'green shipping' as the first hearing in the new year for the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

While we may have disagreed on certain policy matters, during his tenure, I am proud to have worked with Chairman Shuster in returning this Committee to the tradition of moving a water resources development act every Congress.

I am hoping that--and I understand that there has been some delay, and there is some reconsideration and consultation going on.

Yet the President did not propose in my State any funding for repairs for the north jetty at Coos Bay, Oregon.

I appreciate your leadership on this issue.

The Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund currently has an approximate $9.3 billion-dollar end of year surplus balance

I have been working on it since--where is he--Bud Shuster was chair of the committee right there.

Effective training on how to overcome automation failures involves not only a written notice or description of automation, but also actual experience in detecting, diagnosing, and responding of such events.

We must address the Organization Designation Authorization program and the cozy relationship between Boeing and the FAA.

These accidents must serve as a wake-up call to remind us that none of us can rest on our laurels.

I am also committed to honoring the victims by using the full power of this committee to ensure the flying public's safety.

I am committed to understanding each failure that led to the loss of 346 lives.

I want to begin by extending my deepest condolences to the families and communities that lost loved ones in the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes.

I talked to him on what I view as the principalities within FAA who seem resistant to Administrators and changes from that level.

I thank the gentleman. And I do want to thank the panel for devoting so much time, I think, answering questions for the most part responsibly.

Yes. We make those determinations now, and we will continue to do so.

I think it was way less than satisfactory. It was catastrophic.

Boeing self-certified and installed defective slats on 137 applications, and you just announced a $4 million civil fine for this deliberate abuse.

Are you going to be looking at that issue or problem as part of a solution?

I think it is a pretty critical thing.

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 plane to fly while Boeing worked on a fix.

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.

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 how to ensure we have the absolute…

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