I said I don't understand how this is going to work when I voted against this process.
Peter DeFazio
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Peter DeFazio is a former U.S. Representative from Oregon, serving in the House from 1987 until 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he was known for his progressive stance on various issues, including transportation, infrastructure, and environmental policy. DeFazio played a significant role in shaping legislation related to transportation funding and was a strong advocate for public transit and sustainable practices.
If you need a reminder of the lives that have been devastated by these tragedies, you can look to the family members.
We are still unclear about why Boeing designed the 737 MAX to rely on a single point of failure that the company knew could potentially be catastrophic.
We need answers. But we also know that we need reforms on how commercial aircraft are certified.
And I hope that I can get a commitment--and I am sure you don't have any problem with that--to do that.
Do you think, in retrospect, it was a mistake to not inform pilots of the existence of the MCAS system?
It doesn't seem like anything was done to relieve the undue pressure in this culture where people were afraid for their jobs.
I am sorry to say I am hesitant about putting my family on a Boeing airplane.
346 people--sons, daughters, fathers, and mothers--died on two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in the span of 5 months.
I don't understand how this is going to work when I voted against this process.
Protection of Bristol Bay is critical to native Alaskan villages that have lived in this area for over 4,000 years.
Yeah, it is not politicized. Everything is politicized with this administration.
I guess this may be normal in this administration, but it is not the way the process is supposed to work.
I would suggest that any jobs created from this mining proposal will be to the detriment of the lives and livelihoods of native Alaskans.
Essentially, you--Tiffany has made a judgment that this would--is not a desirable or sustainable project, and would cause irrevocable environmental harm.
The quality of the Bristol Bay environment is also hugely important to the economy of the region.
Let me state, right from the start, that the Pebble Mine proposal is a bad idea made even worse by the sham review process currently underway.
This Administration is once again putting private industry wants at the top of its agenda, risking the health and safety of our nation's ecosystem.
There are a hell of a lot of jobs up there right now dependent upon this resource, 14,000 full- and part-time jobs, $480 million a year for the fisheries in that area.





