Jeff Duncan: “like the previous speaker, I would first like to start by expressing my very great sympathy for all of those who lost…”

“like the previous speaker, I would first like to start by expressing my very great sympathy for all of those who lost loved ones in this terrible explosion and crash of the TWA Flight 800. As chairman of the House Subcommittee on Aviation, I can assure the previous speaker and all the Members of this body that we will be doing everything possible to look into this terrible tragedy and to take every step possible to make our aviation system and airport security the very highest priority in this country and do all that we possibly can to solve this horrible situation that has occurred. The U.S. aviation system is by far the safest in the world. We have had approximately 12,900 deaths in all U.S. aviation accidents combined since the Wright Brothers flight in 1903. Unfortunately, that many Americans are killed every 4 months on the highways of this Nation. But our goal is to have no fatalities whatsoever, and certainly we are going to be doing everything we possibly can to achieve that goal.”