Peter DeFazio

They are going to have to clean up their acts, and they have got to come forward.

This is not a sustainable business model.

TNCs are contributing in a major way to traffic congestion.

This hearing should also serve as a wake-up call to companies that have flooded our roadways with disruptive technologies.

Today the hearing is on a topic that is having already far-reaching implications on transportation mobility in our country.

The Costs of Doing Business: Why Lawmakers Must Hold the Ride-Hailing Industry Accountable as They Undermine Their Workers and Play by Their Own Rules.

It is imperative that Congress provide full funding in fiscal year 2020 and beyond to help ensure that we can meet the pilot and aviation technical workforce demands here in the United States.

ALPA would like to thank Chairman DeFazio and Chairman Larsen, as well as Representatives Davis, Davids, and Ferguson, for their ongoing leadership on an important issue that threatens thousands of high-quality airline jobs in our country.

I don't know, I am not familiar with the document, but I would suggest that we will get the document, we will review it, and I would suggest that perhaps, you know, there is more in there than menacing-looking flight attendants behind food…

I don't know how anybody can't find that there is a huge benefit.

You do agree with what the law says. There is no question that the former chairman was incorrect in saying we meant new types.

We don't want to have another 9/11.

I just want to make sure, in this case, the law is the law. It says 10 hours. It is very explicit.

Mr. Elwell, can you assure me that--the Congress said irreducible 10-hour break. That is not going to change, right?

A provision I authored that removed a foolish ban on FAA regulation of recreational drones.

The bill requires the FAA--again, by October 5--to require installation of secondary cockpit barriers on all newly manufactured airliners.

The bill also requires the FAA to issue regulations on minimum dimensions of seats on airliners.

The bill requires the FAA Administrator to reassess the assumptions and methods behind certification of evacuation times and report to Congress on the matter.

These are safety-critical, potentially life-threatening rules that we need, and we need them as quickly as possible.

In fact, I asked the FAA 3 years ago, 'What happens if one of those crappy little quadcopters goes into a turbine?' And they said, 'Well, we don't know.'

It took me about 5 years to roll the very, very powerful model airplane lobby.

All newly manufactured airplanes will have these barriers.

Yes, we have armed the doors, and now we have flight attendants menacingly behind a cart.

We have a real-life example, which was the American Airlines flight in Chicago, which was a widebody.

We are using computer simulations. I don't believe we can beat the standard anymore of 90 seconds.