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.

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…

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

let's hope that they can get this one done promptly

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.

Today I introduced the Safety Is Not for Sale Act.

We need to be proactive in preparing to meet these growing demands on existing infrastructure.

As important as it is, it has been neglected, in terms of our investment, as has the whole system been neglected by our levels of investment.

How are we going to reduce the environmental burden of the freight industry, both in terms of pollution in urban areas, and also in terms of the carbon that it contributes to climate change?

The U.S. freight transportation network is critical to the economy of this Nation: 17.7 billion tons of freight valued at $16.8 trillion every year.

Medium and heavy-duty trucks contributed 23 percent of all transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions in 2017.

It is time for the Federal Government to step up on this project and others like it across the country.

I have long been a champion of this program.

The aggregate cap needs to be eliminated or greatly raised.

I look forward to hearing from our witnesses today and learning how Congress can help address current and future freight needs in a surface transportation.

the money is insufficient, and there is a huge line of very meritorious projects waiting for funding.

The INFRA program is underfunded. CAGTC calls for an annual investment of $12 billion in multimodal freight investment through a competitive grant program.

I am a strong proponent of this investment, because it will make freight movement faster and more efficient.

A significant portion of freight growth and a disproportionate share of the cost of freight movements come from the last mile.

I don't think we should be handing it over for these decisions to be made over there.

Railroads commend Congress for passing the USMCA and are hopeful that this agreement... will lead to reduced economic uncertainty.

But we also have to look at whether or not there are some who do not believe in climate change.

Again, thank you for holding this hearing as we work toward reauthorizing the Water Resources Development Act next year.

Let's look at it from a fiscal perspective: more than 75 percent of declared Federal disasters are related to floods, and annual flood losses average almost $8 billion with over 90 fatalities per year.

Even if you don't believe that this is a result of climate change, we can at least agree that these extreme hydrologic events are no longer the exception and are now becoming the norm.