Steve Cohen actually said...

"The aviation industry is approaching a critical juncture with respect to its talent development, especially the recruitment, training, and retention of individuals in its workforce."

"I applaud the FAA, Congress, and the aviation stakeholders for their efforts thus far in helping move the needle in the right direction to develop the U.S. aerospace workforce."

"A deviation from current regulatory practices that have served to produce the safest period of airline travel in the United States since they were implemented represents a major risk to the flying pub..."

"A decade earlier, this Committee also came together, again in bipartisan fashion, to address another crisis in U.S. aviation: the unacceptably high number of airline passenger fatalities."