"Aviation security is increasingly an international responsibility."
"I do have to say that I think the initial reaction to this, that the system worked, could not have been more wrong."
"Collective bargaining will impose a 19th-century industrial personnel management model to a 21st-century information age threat."
"We have to do better protecting our families, safeguarding our communities, and securing our Nation."
"I think Secretary LaHood said it best: both work, and the issue ultimately is a policy one left to the Congress."
"I have joined with Chairman Rockefeller, Ranking Member Hutchison, and several other members of this Committee to introduce S. 1938, the Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009."
"I'm much more comfortable with the type of approach that is incentive-based, uses the carrot, rather than the stick."
"I think the approach works a lot better when you're not threatening, but using a carrot, rather than a stick."
"I guess I'm just suggesting that there is a point at which quantity does matter where you have enough experience and enough hours operating some of these aircraft."
"The other issue I wanted to mention--I think Senator Johanns touched on it--is the issue which came into play on Flight 3407."
"I think there's a big difference between that and commuting from Seattle, you know, to a flight that departs from New York."