Peter DeFazio

Currently, more than 100 people a day die in motor vehicle accidents--that's one life lost every fifteen minutes.

We can and must do more to save lives and prevent injuries on our roads.

I am hopeful that as we move toward reauthorization of the FAST Act that we can put new direction and new emphasis on how to deal with this horrible toll.

Somehow we seem to have become sort of inured to the fact that 100 people a day die in motor vehicle accidents.

PHMSA sent the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to the Department of Transportation for review 'probably. within the last 90 days.'

Section 8 of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 requires pipeline operators to install leak detection systems, where practicable.

Urging the FAA to engage an independent, third-party review composed of individuals with the technical skills and expertise to objectively assess the corrective measures proposed for the 737 MAX by Boeing.

Safety mandates from the 2011 and 2016 reauthorization bills still aren't completed.

Surely, there is more that we can do to improve safety.

I do not believe in self-regulation even with best practices.

We are not going to rest easy until we get this all done and we make the system safer across the country and prevent these sorts of incidents.

I don't know what value the Secretary puts on their life, but when you lose that many people in a year...

It is simply unacceptable to have safety critical rules that were passed by Congress 8 years ago lingering somewhere.

These things just shouldn't happen.

Last year, 8 people were killed, and 92 people were injured in 633 pipeline incidents.

We are requesting that the DOT IG launch an investigation of international pilot training standards and training for commercial pilots operating outside of the United States.

Thank you again for holding this important hearing.

America's airports require well over $128 billion in infrastructure upgrades over the next five years.

Thank you for holding this important hearing on airport infrastructure as you develop and advance what we hope will be a comprehensive infrastructure package that includes new investments in the nation's airports.

As this committee considers airport funding, we need to encourage investment at airports of all sizes.

Thank you again to Chairman DeFazio and today's witnesses.

I look forward to hearing about the status of the nation's airport infrastructure and how Congress can help to ensure robust investment now and into the future.

So if we want to see our airports be more efficient like they are in other countries, we have got to get these arbitrary Federal restrictions out of the way.

I would like to welcome our panel: Lawrence J. Krauter, CEO, Spokane International Airport; Ms. Tori Barnes, executive vice president of public affairs, U.S. Travel Association; Ms. Candace S. McGraw, CEO, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky…

A priority for me as chairman this year will be to increase the cap on the PFC so that U.S. airports can keep pace with current demands as well as plan for expected commercial service growth in the years ahead.