Peter DeFazio

We can and must do more to save children's lives.

The TWU supports H.R. 3632, the Fair and Open Skies Act, which was introduced last week by Representatives Peter DeFazio, Rick Larsen, Rodney Davis, Sharice Davids, and Drew Ferguson.

Our safety regulators must do a better job on all fronts.

Simply put, the FAA is failing to exercise the minimum oversight mandated by Congress and necessary to protect the flying public.

I read your entire testimony. It is very, very thoughtful, compelling.

It is a mature industry, I would say, and I think that there is a conflict.

We need to learn every lesson possible from these accidents and put in place any solutions necessary.

I commend you so much for addressing that in this committee.

I would just like both of you to comment on this.

It is past time to mandate this protection for our youngest passengers.

The flying public should not be subjected to unnecessary risk due to political disagreements.

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

We applaud this Committee's commitment to ensure UAS safety, by holding a hearing earlier this year that focused on aviation in 2050.

It is very, very thoughtful, compelling.

I am pleased to hear that the FAA is interpreting this provision as Congress intended--in that it applies to every new plane rolling off the assembly line.

As Chairman of this Committee, I will not sit by idly and watch the FAA fail to act.

I said then, and I will say it now, that the FAA's primary mission must be to ensure the safety of aviation--our skies, planes, crews and the flying public.

I will always remain vigilant and make certain the Committee conducts vigorous oversight of the Federal Aviation Administration.

We cannot afford to wait for accidents to occur to make travel and our transportation system safer.

Ensuring the safety of our nation's transportation systems is the most important job of this Committee.

The stupid Government shutdown and all the damage that caused at the FAA, the disruption it caused at the FAA.

We are pushing hard to make certain that the FAA goes forward.

Mike Capuano did a great job, got it in the bill. We held it, against the wishes of some of the airlines and those in the Senate, and we persevered.

I voted against it when it first went forward, but then when we got around to reauthorization, it seemed like it was working pretty well.

I tried for a number of years to say, you have got this archaic mandate from the thirties that was moved over from the Civil Aeronautics Board to the FAA, that you both promote and regulate the industry.